CVE-2018-16359

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Published Sep 2, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Google gVisor before 2018-08-23, within the seccomp sandbox, permits access to the renameat system call, which allows attackers to rename files on the host OS.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:google:gvisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-8205	Google gVisor before 2018-08-23, within the seccomp sandbox, permits access to the renameat system call, which allows attackers to rename files on the host OS.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.452% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1632
https://github.com/google/gvisor/commit/001a4c2493b13a43d62c7511fb509a959ae4abc2

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Google Gvisor

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 10:24 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 2, 2018, 10:00 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 10:24 AM
Reserved: Sep 2, 2018, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:44 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 2, 2018, 10:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:44 AM

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