CVE-2018-1171
CVE-2018-1171 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Intelligence
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 DTrace DOF files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a write past the end of an allocated object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the host OS. Was ZDI-CAN-5106.
Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, zdi
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
0%
chance of exploitation in 30 days
CVSS base
Unscored
no source published a base score
Affected scope
The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.
Vendors (1)
Products (1)
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-787
References
5 on the record
- help.joyent.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000608188
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- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
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- www.securitytracker.com/id/1041303
vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/104799
vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
- zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-236
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Elsewhere on this site
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.