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CVE-2018-19788

high · 8.8

A flaw was found in PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115 that allows a user with a uid greater than INT_MAX to successfully execute any systemctl command.

8.8
CVSS
11.5%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
96th
EPSS percentile
2018-12-03
Published

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
polkit_projectpolkit0.115
debiandebian_linux8.0
debiandebian_linux9.0
canonicalubuntu_linux12.04
canonicalubuntu_linux14.04
canonicalubuntu_linux16.04
canonicalubuntu_linux18.04
canonicalubuntu_linux18.10

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References

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