CVE-2018-17956
Password exposed in process listing
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 15, 2019 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:46 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsYAST2 Samba ProvisionYAST2 Samba Provision
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
In yast2-samba-provision up to and including version 1.0.1 the password for samba shares was provided on the command line to tools used by yast2-samba-provision, allowing local attackers to read them in the process list
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 1.0.1
v ≤ 1.0.1
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200
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