CVE-2018-8885

screenresolution-mechanism in screen-resolution-extra 0.17.2 does not properly use the PolicyKit D-Bus API, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a race condition via a setuid or pkexec process that is mishandled in a PolicyKitService._check_permission call.

CVSS v3 7.0 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.4 MEDIUM

7.0^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.4^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3607-1/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:canonical:screen-resolution-extra:0.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-03-28 20:29

Updated : 2024-02-28 16:25

NVD link : CVE-2018-8885

Mitre link : CVE-2018-8885

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-8885

JSON object : View

Products Affected

canonical

screen-resolution-extra
ubuntu_linux

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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