CVE-2018-10870

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 19, 2018 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:34 AM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsCertificationEnterprise LinuxCertification

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%

Description

redhat-certification does not properly sanitize paths in rhcertStore.py:__saveResultsFile. A remote attacker could use this flaw to overwrite any file, potentially gaining remote code execution.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions
redhat-enterprise-linux (environment)
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104857
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingMitigationVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10870

CVSS

9.8CRITICALredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22CWE-20

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