CVE-2017-18078 -- systemdID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:2000589 | Date: (C)2019-06-02 (M)2023-11-13 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: unix |
systemd-tmpfiles in systemd before 237 attempts to support ownership/permission changes on hardlinked files even if the fs.protected_hardlinks sysctl is turned off, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via vectors involving a hard link to a file for which the user lacks write access, as demonstrated by changing the ownership of the /etc/passwd file.
Platform: |
Debian 8.x |
Debian 9.x |