CVE-2018-0492 EXPLOIT
7.0
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 1.6% (pctl 75)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local privilege escalation.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.0 (HIGH, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 1.56% — more likely to be exploited than 75% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-362 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2018-04-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| beep project | beep |
| debian | debian linux |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | GNU Beep 1.3 - 'HoleyBeep' Local Privilege Escalation | 2018-04-06 |
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00002.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00089.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-0492
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-15
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4163
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44452/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00002.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00089.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-0492
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-15
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4163
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44452/
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