CVE-2018-18629 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in the Keybase command-line client before 2.8.0-20181023124437 for Linux. An untrusted search path vulnerability in the keybase-redirector application allows a local, unprivileged user on Linux to gain root privileges via a Trojan horse binary.

Published: 2018-12-20

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:keybase:keybase:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-10345	An issue was discovered in the Keybase command-line client before 2.8.0-20181023124437 for Linux. An untrusted search path vulnerability in the keybase-redirector application allows a local, unprivileged user on Linux to gain root privileges via a Trojan horse binary.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00222.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://blog.mirch.io/2018/12/21/cve-2018-18629-keybase-linux-privilege-escalation/
https://hackerone.com/reports/426944
https://keybase.io/docs/secadv/kb002

History

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Subscriptions

Keybase Keybase

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-12-20T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T11:15:59.944Z

Reserved: 2018-10-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-18629

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-12-20T23:29:00.800

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:56:15.883

Link: CVE-2018-18629

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-426

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