CVE-2018-9862

Summary

CVECVE-2018-9862
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-04-09 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
Descriptionutil.c in runV 1.0.0 for Docker mishandles a numeric username, which allows attackers to obtain root access by leveraging the presence of an initial numeric value on an /etc/passwd line, and then issuing a "docker exec" command with that value in the -u argument, a similar issue to CVE-2016-3697.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-838

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Hyper Runv 1.0.0 All All All
Application Hyper Runv 1.0.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security: fix a issue (similar to runc CVE-2016-3697) by keloyang · Pull Request #348 · hyperhq/hyperstart · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
runV for Docker CVE-2018-9862 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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