7.8high
CVE-2018-186291 exploit
An issue was discovered in the Keybase command-line client before 2.8.0-20181023124437 for Linux.
Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.5%
percentile 74%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB
Summary
An issue was discovered in the Keybase command-line client before 2.8.0-20181023124437 for Linux. An untrusted search path vulnerability in the keybase-redirector application allows a local, unprivileged user on Linux to gain root privileges via a Trojan horse binary.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.49% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs.
Exploits and detections
- EDB-46044 Keybase keybase-redirector - '$PATH' Local Privilege Escalation · local · 2018-10-22
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path
References
- keybase.io /docs/secadv/kb002 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- blog.mirch.io /2018/12/21/cve-2018-18629-keybase-linux-privilege-escalation/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- hackerone.com /reports/426944 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-18629
- NVD: CVE-2018-18629
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