CVE-2018-18654 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Crossroads 2.81, specifically affecting Debian installations. An attacker can exploit improper handling of the /tmp directory during the xr build process by creating a world-writable subdirectory, then replacing the legitimate xr executable with a malicious Trojan horse. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating that a low-privileged local attacker can achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact with low attack complexity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.81CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:debian:crossroads:2.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/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, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.