PT-2018-14547 · Keybase · Keybase

Mirchr · Published 2018-12-20 · Updated 2019-02-04 · CVE-2018-18629

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Keybase command-line client versions prior to 2.8.0-20181023124437

Description An issue was discovered in the Keybase command-line client that allows a local, unprivileged user on Linux to gain root privileges via a Trojan horse binary due to an untrusted search path vulnerability in the keybase-redirector application.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.8.0-20181023124437, update to version 2.8.0-20181023124437 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Untrusted Search Path

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-426

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-18629

Affected Products

Keybase

References · 6

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/46044 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://keybase.io/docs/secadv/kb002 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://blog.mirch.io/2018/12/21/cve-2018-18629-keybase-linux-privilege-escalation · Exploit
• 🔥 https://hackerone.com/reports/426944 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18629 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-18629 · Vendor Advisory