CVE-2018-1079 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2018-1079

pcs before version 0.9.164 and 0.10 is vulnerable to a...

Vulnerability Description

pcs before version 0.9.164 and 0.10 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation via authorized user malicious REST call. The REST interface of the pcsd service did not properly sanitize the file name from the /remote/put_file query. If the /etc/booth directory exists, an authenticated attacker with write permissions could create or overwrite arbitrary files with arbitrary data outside of the /etc/booth directory, in the context of the pcsd process.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

unspecified

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Affected Software

pcs
Vulnerable Versions:
pcs 0.9.164, pcs 0.10

Timeline

Official Publish: April 12th, 2018
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)