PT-2018-1449 · Joyent · Smartos

Ben Murphy · Published 2018-03-07 · Updated 2020-08-28 · CVE-2018-1171

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.0

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Joyent SmartOS release-20170803-20170803T064301Z

Description This issue allows local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system. The specific flaw exists within the DTrace DOF files due to the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a write past the end of an allocated object. This can be leveraged to execute code under the context of the host OS.

Recommendations For Joyent SmartOS release-20170803-20170803T064301Z, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Corruption

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-00999

CVE-2018-1171

ZDI-18-236

Affected Products

Smartos

References · 8

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-236 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1171 · Vendor Advisory
• https://help.joyent.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000608188 · Vendor Advisory
• http://oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1171 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00999 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104799 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041303 · Note