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01 Record

CVE-2018-17953

pam_access does not handle netmask matches correctly

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: microfocus
CNA base score7.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

02 Description

pam_access does not handle netmask matches correctly

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
1.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 71.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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
2018-11-27 13:00Z7 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-16 17:28Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2018-10-03
Assigning CNA
microfocus
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 7.5)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
  • CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar
Data version
5.1
Document digest
e1c9fe592cbfc6d6f15236660c6eed691bc6277cb707fd71b7dfbb516a8eae9a

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
SUSEpam1.3.0 to < 1.3.0 before 2018-11-30—

06 References