Medium severity · published Jan 14, 2019
CVE-2018-16888
It was discovered systemd does not correctly check the content of PIDFile files before using it to kill processes
4.7
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
It was discovered systemd does not correctly check the content of PIDFile files before using it to kill processes. When a service is run from an unprivileged user (e.g. User field set in the service file), a local attacker who is able to write to the PIDFile of the mentioned service may use this flaw to trick systemd into killing other services and/or privileged processes. Versions before v237 are vulnerable.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 22% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SY
systemd · The systemd Project
v237 · source: vendor, NVD
AI
Active IQ Performance Analytics Services · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
ES
Element Software · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
16.04; 18.04; 19.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16888
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16888
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2091
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16888
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5960a34a524848cd722fd7ab7e2227eac10107b0f90d9d1e9c3caa74%40%3Cuser.cassandra.apache.org%3E
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0007/
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4269-1/
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