High severity · published Dec 3, 2018
CVE-2018-19788
A flaw was found in PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115 that allows a user with a uid greater than INT_MAX to successfully execute any systemctl command
8.8
CVSS
11.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115 that allows a user with a uid greater than INT_MAX to successfully execute any systemctl command.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)11.6% · higher than 96% 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; 9.0 · source: NVD
PO
Polkit · Polkit Project
0.115 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 18.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19788
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-19788
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2046
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3232
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.debian.org/915332
Exploit
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/issues/74
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.html
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14
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