CVE-2018-15912

An issue was discovered in manjaro-update-system.sh in manjaro-system 20180716-1 on Manjaro Linux. A local attacker can install or remove arbitrary packages and package repositories potentially containing hooks with arbitrary code, which will automatically be run as root, or remove packages vital to the system.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://gitlab.manjaro.org/packages/core/manjaro-system/commit/8208b8a	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.manjaro.org/pipermail/manjaro-security/2018-August/000785.html	Exploit Mailing List Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:manjaro:manjaro_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-08-29 19:29

Updated : 2019-10-03 00:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-15912

Mitre link : CVE-2018-15912

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-15912

JSON object : View

Products Affected

manjaro

manjaro_linux

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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