CVE-2018-1063 is a symbolic link attack vulnerability in policycoreutils 2.5-11, affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SELinux. It allows a local, unprivileged attacker to change the SELinux context of an arbitrary file to a less restricted one during filesystem relabeling, typically when transitioning SELinux from disabled to enabled. With a CVSS score of 4.4 (Medium), the attack requires local access and has low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:selinux_project:selinux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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