vulnerability
Arch Linux: Privilege escalation (CVE-2018-15687)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Oct 26, 2018 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 26, 2018
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
A security issue has been found in systemd up to and including 239, where a race condition in the chown_one() function can be used to escalate privileges via a crafted symlink.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2018-15687
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-15687
- URL-http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105748
- URL-https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10517/commits
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201811-11
- URL-https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-10
- URL-https://usn.ubuntu.com/3816-1/
- URL-https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45715/
- CWE-362
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