CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. It affects Linux. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.
Public Exploit Signal
A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.
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CVE
CVE-2018-6558
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
0.62%
Linux
Original NVD Description
The pam_fscrypt module in fscrypt before 0.2.4 may incorrectly restore primary and supplementary group IDs to the values associated with the root user, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a successful login through certain applications that use Linux-PAM (aka pam).
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