CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-18188

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2018-02-14 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-02-14
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-59

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.

Affected configurations

• openr opentmpfiles (<= 0.1.3)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References