CVE-2018-0492
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.0
Description
Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local privilege escalation.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
GNU Beep 1.3 - 'HoleyBeep' Local Privilege Escalation
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OS impact
Arch Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Fixed | 1.4.4-1 |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.3-5 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.3-5 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.3-5 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.3-5 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.3-5 |
References
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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