Privilege escalation in Joyent SmartOS - CVE-2018-1166
Published: February 13, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10463
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1166
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Joyent, Inc.
Affected software:
Joyent SmartOS
Joyent SmartOS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to a use-after-free in SMBIOC_TREE_RELE ioctl. A local attacker can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with host OS privileges.
The weakness exists due to a use-after-free in SMBIOC_TREE_RELE ioctl. A local attacker can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with host OS privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1166
Install update from vendor's website.