High severity · published Jun 26, 2018
CVE-2018-10852
The UNIX pipe which sudo uses to contact SSSD and read the available sudo rules from SSSD has too wide permissions, which means that anyone who can send a message using the same…
7.5
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The UNIX pipe which sudo uses to contact SSSD and read the available sudo rules from SSSD has too wide permissions, which means that anyone who can send a message using the same raw protocol that sudo and SSSD use can read the sudo rules available for any user. This affects versions of SSSD before 1.16.3.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
SS
Sssd · Fedoraproject
before 1.16.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10852
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10852
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104547
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3158
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10852
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00019.html
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