An issue was discovered in shadow 4.5. newgidmap (in shadow-utils) is setuid and allows an unprivileged user to be placed in a user namespace where setgroups(2) is permitted. This allows an attacker to remove themselves from a supplementary group, which may allow access to certain filesystem paths if the administrator has used "group blacklisting" (e.g., chmod g-rwx) to restrict access to paths. This flaw effectively reverts a security feature in the kernel (in particular, the /proc/self/setgroups knob) to prevent this sort of privilege escalation.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1729357 | Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-09 | Third Party Advisory |
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1729357 | Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-09 | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
History
21 Nov 2024, 04:11
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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References | () https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1729357 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-09 - Third Party Advisory |
Information
Published : 2018-02-15 20:29
Updated : 2024-11-21 04:11
NVD link : CVE-2018-7169
Mitre link : CVE-2018-7169
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-7169
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Products Affected
shadow_project
- shadow
CWE
CWE-732
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource