CVE-2017-15918

Sera 1.2 stores the user's login password in plain text in their home directory. This makes privilege escalation trivial and also exposes the user and system keychains to local attacks.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-11-01

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-522

Affected products

• Sera (Ignitum)

References

• https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201715918-sera-12-local-root-privesc-and-password-disclosure.html
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43221/