CVE-2018-6558
N/A
Published: August 23, 2018 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:02 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFscryptFscrypt
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
Description
The pam_fscrypt module in fscrypt before 0.2.4 may incorrectly restore primary and supplementary group IDs to the values associated with the root user, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a successful login through certain applications that use Linux-PAM (aka pam).
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/google/fscrypt/commit/3022c1603d968c22f147b4a2c49c4637dd1be91bx_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/google/fscrypt/commit/315f9b042237200174a1fb99427f74027e191d66x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/google/fscrypt/issues/77x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1787548Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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