CVE-2019-25018

Public Exploit

Description

In the rcp client in MIT krb5-appl through 1.0.3, malicious servers could bypass intended access restrictions via the filename of . or an empty filename, similar to CVE-2018-20685 and CVE-2019-7282. The impact is modifying the permissions of the target directory on the client side. NOTE: MIT krb5-appl is not supported upstream but is shipped by a few Linux distributions. The affected code was removed from the supported MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) product many years ago, at version 1.8.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.09%

Third-Party Advisory suse.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1131109	issue tracking exploit third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-25018?: CVE-2019-25018 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-25018?: To fix CVE-2019-25018, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-25018 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2019-25018 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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