CVE-2018-16741
An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In fax/faxq-helper.c, the function do_activate() does not properly sanitize shell metacharacters to prevent command injection. It is possible to use the
02 Description
An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In fax/faxq-helper.c, the function do_activate() does not properly sanitize shell metacharacters to prevent command injection. It is possible to use the
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
- 1.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 70.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (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:H/I:H/A:H
- 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
- 2018-09-13 16:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 10:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-09-09
- 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
- 0b4f5e9dce8ffafbf5f013ea3ac2ef56d860624c11c0c8ee6e429f3146e52c30
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.x41-dsec.dehttps://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty
- www.debian.orgDSA-4291https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4291
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180912 [SECURITY] [DLA 1502-1] mgetty security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00012.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mgetty Fixed in 1.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mgetty Fixed in 1.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mgetty Fixed in 1.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- mgetty Fixed in 1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- mgetty No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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