Description
OpenRC opentmpfiles through 0.1.3, when the fs.protected_hardlinks sysctl is turned off, allows local users to obtain ownership of arbitrary files by creating a hard link inside a directory on which "chown -R" will be run.
Published: 2018-02-14
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-9323 OpenRC opentmpfiles through 0.1.3, when the fs.protected_hardlinks sysctl is turned off, allows local users to obtain ownership of arbitrary files by creating a hard link inside a directory on which "chown -R" will be run.
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Openr Opentmpfiles
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:54:13.455Z

Reserved: 2018-02-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-18188

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-02-14T20:29:00.220

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:19:30.930

Link: CVE-2017-18188

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