THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-14722
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-14722

Btrfsmaintenance vulnerability

CVSS
8.1
EPSS
3.0%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
An issue was discovered in evaluate_auto_mountpoint in btrfsmaintenance-functions in btrfsmaintenance through 0.4.1. Code execution as root can occur via a specially crafted filesystem label if btrfs-{scrub,balance,trim} are set to auto in /etc/sysconfig/btrfsmaintenance (this is not the default, though).
Affected vendor
Btrfsmaintenance Project
Affected product
Btrfsmaintenance
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2018-08-15

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.0% 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-2018-14722

  • Confirm whether Btrfsmaintenance Project Btrfsmaintenance is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-14722.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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