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CVE-2018-8885
- EPSS 0.04%
- Published 28.03.2018 20:29:00
- Last modified 21.11.2024 04:14:31
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screenresolution-mechanism in screen-resolution-extra 0.17.2 does not properly use the PolicyKit D-Bus API, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a race condition via a setuid or pkexec process that is mishandled in a PolicyKitService._check_permission call.
Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Canonical ≫ Screen-resolution-extra Version0.17.2
Canonical ≫ Ubuntu Linux Version14.04 SwEditionlts
Canonical ≫ Ubuntu Linux Version16.04 SwEditionlts
Canonical ≫ Ubuntu Linux Version17.10
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
| Type | Source | Score | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPSS | FIRST.org | 0.04% | 0.087 |
| Source | Base Score | Exploit Score | Impact Score | Vector string |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nvd@nist.gov | 7 | 1 | 5.9 |
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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| nvd@nist.gov | 4.4 | 3.4 | 6.4 |
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.