CVE-2018-14533 Privilege escalation in n/a
Attackers can gain privileges by writing to a temporary SMB configuration file due to a symlink from /var to /tmp.
- 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-2018-14533?
CVE-2018-14533 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
read_tmp and write_tmp in Inteno IOPSYS allow attackers to gain privileges after writing to /tmp/etc/smb.conf because /var is a symlink to /tmp.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-14533?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Intenogroup Iopsys Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2018-14533?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-14533 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-14533 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-14533 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-78mw-h93q-x8hp.