CVE-2018-0492: Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local privilege escalation.

PriorityP337high7CVSS 3.0

AVLACHPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EXPLOIT

EPSS

1.65%

73.6th percentile

Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local privilege escalation.

Affected

10 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
beep_project	beep	<= 1.3.4	—
beep_project	beep	—	—
beep_project	beep	>= 0 < 1.3-5	1.3-5
beep_project	beep	>= 0 < 1.3-5	1.3-5
beep_project	beep	>= 0 < 1.3-5	1.3-5
beep_project	beep	>= 0 < 1.3-5	1.3-5
debian	beep	< beep 1.3-5 (bookworm)	beep 1.3-5 (bookworm)
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	debian_linux	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.0HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.04.4MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv7.0HIGH

vendor_debian7.0HIGH

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