CVE-2018-19788

HIGHScheduled

Published:Dec 3, 2018(7 years ago)

Modified:Nov 21, 2024

Remote ExploitNo InteractionLow Complexity

Vulnerability 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.

Attack Characteristics

Network AccessLow ComplexityLow PrivilegesNo User Interaction

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No Fix Known

No patch has been released yet. Apply workarounds or mitigations where available.

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed In
polkit_project	polkit	-	-
debian	debian_linux	-	-
debian	debian_linux	-

Timeline

Published
CVE disclosed publicly
Dec 3, 20187 years ago
Last Modified
Most recent update
Nov 21, 20241 year ago
Indexed to CVEInsight
Added to this platform
Mar 29, 20261 month ago

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2046
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3232
https://bugs.debian.org/915332Issue Tracking
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/issues/74Exploit

CVSS Score

v3.1

8.8/ 10.0

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

At a Glance

Affected Products

References

polkit_project / polkit

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.htmlThird Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-1/Third Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-2/Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4350Third Party Advisory

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2046

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3232

https://bugs.debian.org/915332Issue Tracking

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/issues/74Exploit

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.htmlThird Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240816-0001/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-1/Third Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-2/Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4350Third Party Advisory

CVSS v3 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

Impact

ScopeUnchanged

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

Impact Analysis

ConfidentialityHigh

NoneLowHigh

IntegrityHigh

NoneLowHigh

AvailabilityHigh

NoneLowHigh

CVE-2018-19788

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Attack Characteristics

Affected Software

Timeline

References

CVSS Score

At a Glance

Official Sources

CVSS v3 Vector

Impact Analysis

Vulnerability Description