CVE-2018-0492 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Johnathan Nightingale beep through version 1.3.4, specifically when the setuid bit is enabled. This race condition allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on affected systems, including beep_project beep and Debian Linux distributions. The vulnerability carries a CVSSv3 score of 7.0 (High), indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with high attack complexity. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code (EDB-44452) exists, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness among attackers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:beep_project:beep:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.