CVE-2018-18555

published 2018-12-17

CVE-2018-18555: A sandbox escape issue was discovered in VyOS 1.1.8. It provides a restricted management shell for operator users to administer the device. By issuing various…

Priority P2 59 critical 9.9 CVSS 3.0

AV N AC L PR L UI N S C C H I H A H

A sandbox escape issue was discovered in VyOS 1.1.8. It provides a restricted management shell for operator users to administer the device. By issuing various shell special characters with certain commands, an authenticated operator user can break out of the management shell and gain access to the underlying Linux shell. The user can then run arbitrary operating system commands with the privileges afforded by their account.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
vyos	vyos	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 9.9 CRITICAL CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 9.0 CRITICAL AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

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