CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-15918
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-11-01
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-522
Description
Sera 1.2 stores the user's login password in plain text in their home directory. This makes privilege escalation trivial and also exposes the user and system keychains to local attacks.
Affected configurations
• ignitum sera 1.2
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials weakness
References
- https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201715918-sera-12-local-root-privesc-and-password-disclosure.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43221/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201715918-sera-12-local-root-privesc-and-password-disclosure.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43221/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry