Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-6558 - Unspecified vulnerability in Google Fscrypt
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
NONE Summary
The pam_fscrypt module in fscrypt before 0.2.4 may incorrectly restore primary and supplementary group IDs to the values associated with the root user, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a successful login through certain applications that use Linux-PAM (aka pam).
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 5 |
References
- https://github.com/google/fscrypt/commit/3022c1603d968c22f147b4a2c49c4637dd1be91b
- https://github.com/google/fscrypt/commit/3022c1603d968c22f147b4a2c49c4637dd1be91b
- https://github.com/google/fscrypt/commit/315f9b042237200174a1fb99427f74027e191d66
- https://github.com/google/fscrypt/commit/315f9b042237200174a1fb99427f74027e191d66
- https://github.com/google/fscrypt/issues/77
- https://github.com/google/fscrypt/issues/77
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1787548
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1787548