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CVE-2018-18955
Date: November 16, 2018
In the Linux kernel 4.15.x through 4.19.x before 4.19.2, map_write() in kernel/user_namespace.c allows privilege escalation because it mishandles nested user namespaces with more than 5 UID or GID ranges. A user who has CAP_SYS_ADMIN in an affected user namespace can bypass access controls on resources outside the namespace, as demonstrated by reading /etc/shadow. This occurs because an ID transformation takes place properly for the namespaced-to-kernel direction but not for the kernel-to-namespaced direction.
Language: C
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CVSS v3.1
| Base Score: |
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|---|---|
| Attack Vector (AV): | LOCAL |
| Attack Complexity (AC): | HIGH |
| Privileges Required (PR): | LOW |
| User Interaction (UI): | NONE |
| Scope (S): | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality (C): | HIGH |
| Integrity (I): | HIGH |
| Availability (A): | HIGH |
CVSS v2
| Base Score: |
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|---|---|
| Access Vector (AV): | LOCAL |
| Access Complexity (AC): | MEDIUM |
| Authentication (AU): | NONE |
| Confidentiality (C): | PARTIAL |
| Integrity (I): | PARTIAL |
| Availability (A): | PARTIAL |
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