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CVE-2018-18629

HighPublished

An issue was discovered in the Keybase command-line client before 2.8.0-20181023124437 for Linux. An untrusted search path vulnerability in the...

Published: Dec 20, 2018
Updated: Aug 5, 2024
Assigning CNA: mitre
Evidence observed: Oct 22, 2018

Primary CVSS

7.8/ 10High

nvd · CVSS 3.0

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

EPSS probability estimate

1.4%

Low · next 30 days

Percentile: 71.2%
Model date: Sep 21, 2026

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Summary

An issue was discovered in the Keybase command-line client before 2.8.0-20181023124437 for Linux. An untrusted search path vulnerability in the keybase-redirector application allows a local, unprivileged user on Linux to gain root privileges via a Trojan horse binary.

Sources

security-researchPoC
Security Research
Keybase keybase-redirector - '$PATH' Local Privilege EscalationExploit
mirchr · linux · Oct 22, 2018

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