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    CVE-2018-10875

    A flaw was found in ansible. ansible.cfg is read from the current working directory which can be altered to make it point to a plugin or a module path under the control of an attacker, thus allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary code.

    Published:Jun 29, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Jul 13, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.00062
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Ansible Engine
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Ceph Storage
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Gluster Storage
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openshift
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openstack
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Virtualization
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Virtualization Host
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Package Hub
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Suse Linux Enterprise Server

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-38 Leveraging/Manipulating Configuration File Search Paths

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    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041396
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:3788
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2150
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2151
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2152
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2166
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2321
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2585
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0054
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10875
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.html
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041396
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:3788
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2150
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2151
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2152
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2166
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2321
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2585
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0054
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10875
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.html
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High