Vulnerability Details CVE-2018-1165
This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations of Joyent SmartOS release-20170803-20170803T064301Z. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the SMB_IOC_SVCENUM IOCTL. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length, heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the host OS. Was ZDI-CAN-4983.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.003
EPSS Ranking 50.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.0
CVSS v2 Score 6.9
References
- https://help.joyent.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000124928
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-158
- https://help.joyent.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000124928
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-158