CVE-2018-11508

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 5
Modified
Published: 28 May 2018, 13:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 08:10

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
32/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.54% LOW
2% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
2 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

28 May 2018, 13:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 08:10
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The compat_get_timex function in kernel/compat.c in the Linux kernel before 4.16.9 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via adjtimex.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.54%• Percentile: 82%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-200•Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

    The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    16.04 | 17.10 | 18.04

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 4.16.9

References (10)