What is CVE-2018-1000209?

CVE-2018-1000209 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sensu Core, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-07-13.

How severe is CVE-2018-1000209?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Sensu Core

CVE-2018-1000209

Sensu, Inc. Sensu Core version Before version 1.4.2-3 contains a Insecure Permissions vulnerability in Sensu Core on Windows platforms that can result in Unprivileged users may execute code in context of Sensu service account. This attack appear to be exploitable via Unprivileged user may place an arbitrary DLL in the c:\opt\sensu\embedded\bin directory in order to exploit standard Windows DLL load order behavior. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.4.2-3 and later.

EPSS: 0.012 (65.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Sensu Sensu_core
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1000209?: CVE-2018-1000209 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sensu Core, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-07-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-1000209?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.