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
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (74.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Beep Project
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
- Beep — versions beep
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44452/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4163 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-0492 (Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00089.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00002.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-15 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
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.