CVE-2018-15912

An issue was discovered in manjaro-update-system.sh in manjaro-system 20180716-1 on Manjaro Linux. A local attacker can install or remove arbitrary packages and package repositories potentially containing hooks with arbitrary code, which will automatically be run as root, or remove packages vital to the system.

CVSS v3.0

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 54th percentile

Published

2018-08-29

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• https://lists.manjaro.org/pipermail/manjaro-security/2018-August/000785.html
• coderobe/CVE-2018-15912-PoC2★ · 2018-08-28

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2018-15907
• CVE-2018-15917
• CVE-2018-15906
• CVE-2018-15918
• CVE-2018-15903
• CVE-2018-15961