CVE-2018-18629

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-18629
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-20 23:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-02-04 17:44:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in the Keybase command-line client before 2.8.0-20181023124437 for Linux. An untrusted search path vulnerability in the keybase-redirector application allows a local, unprivileged user on Linux to gain root privileges via a Trojan horse binary.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-426

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Keybase Keybase All All All All
Application Keybase Keybase All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2018-18629: Keybase Linux privilege escalation – Rich Mirch MISC blog.mirch.io Exploit, Third Party Advisory
HackerOne MISC hackerone.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Keybase CONFIRM keybase.io Exploit, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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