CVE-2018-1079 HIGH

CVE-2018-1079

Vendor Unspecified
Product pcs
Weakness CWE-552 · Files accessible externally
Published April 12, 2018
Last update August 5, 2024

CVSS base score

8.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

pcs before version 0.9.164 and 0.10 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation via authorized user malicious REST call. The REST interface of the pcsd service did not properly sanitize the file name from the /remote/put_file query. If the /etc/booth directory exists, an authenticated attacker with write permissions could create or overwrite arbitrary files with arbitrary data outside of the /etc/booth directory, in the context of the pcsd process.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 12, 2018 CVE published
August 5, 2024 Record updated