Vulnerability in Beep Project
CVE-2018-0492
Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local privilege escalation.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
EPSS: 0.017 (74.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Beep_project Beep
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
- N/a Beep — versions beep
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@debian.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- security@debian.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- security@debian.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- security@debian.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security@debian.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security@debian.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-0492?
- CVE-2018-0492 is a high-severity vulnerability in Beep Project, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2018-04-03.
- How severe is CVE-2018-0492?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-0492 known to be exploited?
- 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.