CVE-2018-1000622

high

Description

The Rust Programming Language rustdoc version Between 0.8 and 1.27.0 contains a CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in rustdoc plugins that can result in local code execution as a different user. This attack appear to be exploitable via using the --plugin flag without the --plugin-path flag. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.27.1.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-11

https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rustlang-security-announcements/4ybxYLTtXuM

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00031.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00006.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00076.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-07-09

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High