CVE-2017-18225 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges by exploiting insecure file ownership of Jabberd2 binaries, allowing execution as root.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-18225?
CVE-2017-18225 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Gentoo net-im/jabberd2 package through 2.6.1 installs jabberd, jabberd2-c2s, jabberd2-router, jabberd2-s2s, and jabberd2-sm in /usr/bin owned by the jabber account, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this account and then waiting for root to execute one of these programs.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-18225?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Jabberd2 Jabberd2.
How do I fix CVE-2017-18225?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-18225 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-18225 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-18225 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q65j-7f6h-c2fh.