CVE-2018-6558
Estado: ModificadaMedia (6.5)—
The pam_fscrypt module in fscrypt before 0.2.4 may incorrectly restore primary and supplementary group IDs to the values associated with the root user, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a successful login through certain applications that use Linux-PAM (aka pam).
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Puntuación base: 6.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.62%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 48
- Fecha de la puntuación: 2/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
Referencias
- https://github.com/google/fscrypt/commit/3022c1603d968c22f147b4a2c49c4637dd1be91b
- https://github.com/google/fscrypt/commit/315f9b042237200174a1fb99427f74027e191d66
- https://github.com/google/fscrypt/issues/77
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1787548
- https://github.com/google/fscrypt/commit/3022c1603d968c22f147b4a2c49c4637dd1be91b
- https://github.com/google/fscrypt/commit/315f9b042237200174a1fb99427f74027e191d66
- https://github.com/google/fscrypt/issues/77
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1787548
JSON original (NVD)
Mostrar
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