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CVE-2018-1166 — This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable i

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations of Joyent SmartOS release-20170803-20170803T064301Z. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

CVSS
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EPSS
0.06% (top 80.30%)
CWE
CWE-416
Published
2018-02-21T14:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T03:51:48.929Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations of Joyent SmartOS release-20170803-20170803T064301Z. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the SMBIOC_TREE_RELE ioctl. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
JoyentJoyent SmartOSrelease-20170803-20170803T064301Z

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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