CVE-2018-7169

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

1.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 74.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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.

Published

2018-02-15 19:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 06:24Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-02-15

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceClass
• CWE-271Privilege Dropping / Lowering ErrorsClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a4c2b5612455bc476bd0a07b3ebfdc70608db3d9446e000f5705db1c6e1f670f

• bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1729357x_refsource_MISC
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201805-09https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-09vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO