EXPOSURES › CVE-2018-14634
CVE-2018-14634
HIGH ⌖ ON CISA KEV · EXPLOITED
DETAIL
⚡ RCE
⌖ EXPLOITED IN THE WILD
SHAME 72/100
exploited-in-wildunpatched
Linux Kernel CVE-2018-14634 exploited for privilege escalation
An unpatched integer overflow vulnerability in the Linux Kernel's create_elf_tables() function allowed local users with access to SUID binaries to escalate privileges, posing a high security risk to DIB systems.
Shame score — Unpatched kernel vulnerability actively exploited for privilege escalation in DIB environments.
▸ RECOMMENDED ACTION Actively exploited (CISA KEV) — remediate now, ahead of your normal patch cycle.
PLAYERS IMPLICATED
DESCRIPTION
Linux Kernel contains an integer overflow vulnerability in the create_elf_tables() function which could allow an unprivileged local user with access to SUID (or otherwise privileged) binary to escalate their privileges on the system.
AFFECTED FEDRAMP PRODUCTS · 0
No correlated FedRAMP products.