CVE-2018-12562
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.7%
Description
An issue was discovered in the cantata-mounter D-Bus service in Cantata through 2.3.1. The wrapper script 'mount.cifs.wrapper' uses the shell to forward the arguments to the actual mount.cifs binary. The shell evaluates wildcards (such as in an injected string:/home/../tmp/* string).
How to fix CVE-2018-12562
To remediate CVE-2018-12562, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/cantata—upgrade to 2.3.0.ds1-2 or later
Is CVE-2018-12562 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.3.0.ds1-2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |