Vulnerability Report

CVE-2018-6553

Title: Cups

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2018-6553.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Aug 10, 2018
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 8.8 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.15%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2018-6553: The CUPS AppArmor profile incorrectly confined the dnssd backend due to use of hard links. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escape confinement. This flaw affects versions prior to 2.2.7-1ubuntu2.1 in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, prior to 2.2.4-7ubuntu3.1 in Ubuntu 17.10, prior to 2.1.3-4ubuntu0.5 in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and prior to 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.10 in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Impacted Vendors

E
easy_software_products 1
C
cups 1

Reference Links

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00014.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-08 https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3713-1 https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4243 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00014.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-08 https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3713-1 https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4243
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
CHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.6
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2018-6553 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.