CVE-2018-14036

Accountsservice vulnerability

CVSS

6.5

EPSS

3.1%

EPSS pct

86th

Exploited

No known

Directory Traversal with ../ sequences occurs in AccountsService before 0.6.50 because of an insufficient path check in user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb() in user.c.

Affected vendor

Freedesktop

Affected product

Accountsservice

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Published

2018-07-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-14036

Confirm whether Freedesktop Accountsservice is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-14036.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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