Medium severity · published Jul 13, 2018
CVE-2018-14036
Directory Traversal with ../ sequences occurs in AccountsService before 0.6.50 because of an insufficient path check in user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb() in user.c
6.5
CVSS
3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Directory Traversal with ../ sequences occurs in AccountsService before 0.6.50 because of an insufficient path check in user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb() in user.c.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.0% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AC
Accountsservice · Freedesktop
before 0.6.50 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14036
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14036
Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/02/2
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104757
Exploit
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107085
Exploit
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1099699
Patch
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=f9abd359f71a5bce421b9ae23432f539a067847a
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