CVE-2018-16588

Privilege escalation can occur in the SUSE useradd.c code in useradd, as distributed in the SUSE shadow package through 4.2.1-27.9.1 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 (SLE-12) and through 4.5-5.39 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 (SLE-15). Non-existing intermediate directories are created with mode 0777 during user creation. Given that they are world-writable, local attackers might use this for privilege escalation and other unspecified attacks. NOTE: this would affect non-SUSE users who took useradd.c code from a 2014-04-02 upstream pull request; however, no non-SUSE distribution is known to be affected.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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cpe:2.3:a:suse:shadow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:a:suse:shadow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2018-09-26 22:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:44


NVD link : CVE-2018-16588

Mitre link : CVE-2018-16588

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-16588


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Products Affected

suse

  • shadow
  • linux_enterprise
CWE
CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource