CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.5 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Joyent SmartOS release-20170803-20170803T064301Z (Operating System). This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
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 of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the host OS. Was ZDI-CAN-4984.
The bug was discovered 02/12/2018. The weakness was presented 02/21/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at help.joyent.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-1166 since 12/05/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 9 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
See 113642 for similar entry.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
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ATT&CK: 🔍
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
12/05/2017 🔍02/12/2018 🔍
02/21/2018 🔍
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01/07/2020 🔍
Sources
Advisory: help.joyent.comStatus: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-1166 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 02/21/2018 18:28Updated: 01/07/2020 13:39
Changes: 02/21/2018 18:28 (58), 01/07/2020 13:39 (2)
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