CVE-2018-6558 Privilege Escalation in fscrypt
MediumCVSS 6.5
EPSS 0.62%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
The pam_fscrypt module in fscrypt before 0.2.4 may incorrectly restore primary and supplementary group IDs to the values associated with the root user, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a successful login through certain applications that use Linux-PAM (aka pam).
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Google github.com/google/fscrypt(Go) | < 0.2.4 | 0.2.4 |
| debian/fscrypt(Debian:12) | < 0.2.4-1 | 0.2.4-1 |
| debian/fscrypt(Debian:13) | < 0.2.4-1 | 0.2.4-1 |
| debian/fscrypt(Debian:14) | < 0.2.4-1 | 0.2.4-1 |
| Google github.com/google/fscrypt | < 0.2.4 | 0.2.4 |
| The fscrypt Project fscrypt | = before 0.2.4 | No fix listed |
References
- nvd.nist.gov third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- github.com issue-tracking third-party-advisory
- github.com patch third-party-advisory
- github.com patch third-party-advisory
- github.com product
- launchpad.net issue-tracking patch third-party-advisory
- pkg.go.dev
- github.com
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2018-6558 vendor-advisory
- bugs.debian.org issue-tracking