CVE-2018-1171 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Joyent SmartOS release-20170803-20170803T064301Z, stemming from improper validation of user-supplied data in DTrace DOF files. This flaw, rated 7.0 HIGH (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), allows an authenticated, low-privileged attacker to execute code on the host OS by writing past the end of an allocated object. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
20170803-20170803t064301zCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:joyent:smartos:20170803-20170803t064301z:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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