CVE-2017-18188

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

OpenRC opentmpfiles through 0.1.3, when the fs.protected_hardlinks sysctl is turned off, allows local users to obtain ownership of arbitrary files by creating a hard link inside a directory on which "chown -R" will be run.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Feb 14, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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