Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2018-12015
In Perl through 5.26.2, the Archive::Tar module allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism, and overwrite arbitrary files, via an archive file containing a symlink and a regular file with the same name.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.073 (94.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.073 · newest: 0.073 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X
- Archive\ \ — versions tar_project
- Archive\:\:tar Project
- NetApp Data Ontap Edge
- NetApp Oncommand Workflow Automation
- NetApp Snap Creator Framework
- NetApp Snapdrive
- Perl
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 16.04
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/104423 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1041048 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4226 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3684-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3684-2/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/42 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/49 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2097 (vendor-advisory)
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-12015?
- CVE-2018-12015 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-07.
- How severe is CVE-2018-12015?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-12015 known to be exploited?
- 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.