CVE catalog
CVE-2017-18188
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18188
- Severity
- Unknown
- Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.40% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | opentmpfiles | 20.04 | 0.2+2019.05.21.git.44a55796ba-2 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
OpenFactory catalog packages
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