Vulnerability CVE-2018-14036
Published: 2018-07-13

Description:
Directory Traversal with ../ sequences occurs in AccountsService before 0.6.50 because of an insufficient path check in user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb() in user.c.

Type:

CWE-22

 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4/10
2.9/10
8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Freedesktop -> Accountsservice 

 References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/02/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104757
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107085
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1099699
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=f9abd359f71a5bce421b9ae23432f539a067847a
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