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CVE-2018-15686highCWE-502

systemd: reexec state injection: fgets() on overlong lines leads to line splitting

41Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendcvss 7epss 2.3%
from disclosure to weapon3 days
Published on NVDOct 26
1st PoC+3d
exploitation probability
2.3%top 19% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
3 public exploit(s)
A vulnerability in unit_deserialize of systemd allows an attacker to supply arbitrary state across systemd re-execution via NotifyAccess. This can be used to improperly influence systemd execution and possibly lead to root privilege escalation. Affected releases are systemd versions up to and including 239.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
systemd · systemd
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