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CVE-2017-18078

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18078

Severity

7.8

High

CVSS V3

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Description

systemd-tmpfiles in systemd before 237 attempts to support ownership/permission changes on hardlinked files even if the fs.protected_hardlinks sysctl is turned off, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via vectors involving a hard link to a file for which the user lacks write access, as demonstrated by changing the ownership of the /etc/passwd file.

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