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A vulnerability has been found in PackageKit up to 1.1.9 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An authentication bypass flaw has been found in PackageKit before 1.1.10 that allows users without administrator privileges to install signed packages. A local attacker can use this vulnerability to install vulnerable packages to further compromise a system.

The bug was discovered 04/23/2018. The weakness was disclosed 04/23/2018 (oss-sec). The advisory is shared at openwall.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-1106 since 12/04/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 109338 (RHEL 7 : PackageKit (RHSA-2018:1224)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 277279 (Fedora Security Update for PackageKit (FEDORA-2018-a3b7c7eb79)).

Upgrading to version 1.1.10 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 1 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (109338). The entries VDB-69376, VDB-146451, VDB-164500 and VDB-164501 are pretty similar.

Productinfo

Name

• PackageKit

Version

• 1.1.0
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2
• 1.1.3
• 1.1.4
• 1.1.5
• 1.1.6
• 1.1.7
• 1.1.8
• 1.1.9

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CVSSv4info

VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍
VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 5.5
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
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Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
Today	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

Nessus ID: 109338
Nessus Name: RHEL 7 : PackageKit (RHSA-2018:1224)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 60619
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for PackageKit openSUSE-SU-2018:1049-1 (PackageKit)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

Reaction Time: 🔍
Exposure Time: 🔍

Upgrade: PackageKit 1.1.10

Timelineinfo

12/04/2017 🔍
04/23/2018 +139 days 🔍
04/23/2018 +0 days 🔍
04/23/2018 +0 days 🔍
04/24/2018 +1 days 🔍
04/24/2018 +0 days 🔍
04/25/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/03/2023 +1773 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2018:1224
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-1106 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍
See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 04/24/2018 08:55 AM
Updated: 03/03/2023 06:39 PM
Changes: 04/24/2018 08:55 AM (72), 01/30/2020 04:43 PM (2), 03/03/2023 06:39 PM (4)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 98:A25:40

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