Vulnerability CVE-2018-1000001
Published: 2018-01-31

Description:
In glibc 2.26 and earlier there is confusion in the usage of getcwd() by realpath() which can be used to write before the destination buffer leading to a buffer underflow and potential code execution.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
glibc realpath() Privilege Escalation
halfdog
13.06.2018

Type:

CWE-787

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Redhat -> Virtualization host 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux desktop 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server aus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server eus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server tus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux workstation 
GNU -> Glibc 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q1/38
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102525
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040162
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0805
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3534-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3536-1/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43775/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44889/
https://www.halfdog.net/Security/2017/LibcRealpathBufferUnderflow/
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