CVE-2018-6558 (GCVE-0-2018-6558)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-08-23 20:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:06
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Summary
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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The fscrypt Project fscrypt Affected: before 0.2.4
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