CVE-2018-16597
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.8. Incorrect access checking in overlayfs mounts could be used by local attackers to modify or truncate files in the underlying filesystem.
02 Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.8. Incorrect access checking in overlayfs mounts could be used by local attackers to modify or truncate files in the underlying filesystem.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 45.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-09-21 16:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 10:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-09-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- fc09849db2d6fe0c61002c8ab712b44a522c1f541fcfe480ed5908400a6484e7
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com105394http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105394
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0001/
- bugzilla.suse.comhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1106512
- git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c0ca3d70e8d3cf81e2255a217f7ca402f5ed0862
- support.f5.comhttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22691834
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2018:3202http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-10/msg00033.html
- seclists.org20190722 [slackware-security] Slackware 14.2 kernel (SSA:2019-202-01)https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/33
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153702/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 4.8.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 4.8.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 4.8.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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