Vulnerability Details CVE-2018-8885
screenresolution-mechanism in screen-resolution-extra 0.17.2 does not properly use the PolicyKit D-Bus API, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a race condition via a setuid or pkexec process that is mishandled in a PolicyKitService._check_permission call.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 11.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.0
CVSS v2 Score 4.4
Products affected by CVE-2018-8885
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:screen-resolution-extra:0.17.2
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10