yast2-samba-provision up to 1.0.1 Samba Share Password credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in yast2-samba-provision up to 1.0.1. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Samba Share Handler. The manipulation leads to credentials management (Password). This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2018-17956. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in yast2-samba-provision up to 1.0.1 (File Transfer Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Samba Share Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability (Password). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-255. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

In yast2-samba-provision up to and including version 1.0.1 the password for samba shares was provided on the command line to tools used by yast2-samba-provision, allowing local attackers to read them in the process list

The weakness was released 03/15/2019 as Bug 1117597 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.suse.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-17956 since 10/03/2018. An attack has to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Password
Class: Credentials management / Password
CWE: CWE-255
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/03/2018 🔍
03/15/2019 +163 days 🔍
03/16/2019 +1 days 🔍
08/01/2023 +1599 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 1117597
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-17956 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-17956
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-131801

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2019 07:38
Updated: 08/01/2023 16:04
Changes: 03/16/2019 07:38 (57), 05/17/2020 06:48 (1), 08/01/2023 16:04 (14)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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