CVE-2018-15687
systemd: chown_one() can dereference symlinks
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Oct 26, 2018
- Updated
- Jun 9, 2025
- Reserved
- Aug 22, 2018
Description
A race condition in chown_one() of systemd allows an attacker to cause systemd to set arbitrary permissions on arbitrary files. Affected releases are systemd versions up to and including 239.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | canonical |
Weaknesses
- CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
systemdsystemd |
|
References
- GLSA-201810-10vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10517/commits
- 105748vdb-entry
- USN-3816-1vendor-advisory
- 45715exploit
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