Is CVE-2018-1000849 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-1000849 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-1000849?

CVE-2018-1000849 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-1000849?

CVE-2018-1000849 has an EPSS score of 3.53% (88th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1000849?

Upgrade alpine linux to 2.10.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-1000849

HIGHEPSS 88th pctl

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Alpine Linux version Versions prior to 2.6.10, 2.7.6, and 2.10.1 contains a Other/Unknown vulnerability in apk-tools (Alpine Linux' package manager) that can result in Remote Code Execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via A specially crafted APK-file can cause apk to write arbitrary data to an attacker-specified file, due to bugs in handling long link target name and the way a regular file is extracted.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.6.10, 2.7.6, and 2.10.1.

CWE-20Improper Input Validation

How to fix

Remediation Available

alpine linuxNVD

Affected:>= 2.7.7, < 2.10.1Fixed in:2.10.1CVE-2018-1000849derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

3.53%probability of exploitation in 30 days

88thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 88% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

git.alpinelinux.org

Exploit1

justi.cz

Vendor Advisory1

alpinelinux.org

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2024-3400	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-45105	Medium	5.9	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44228	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-21985	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2018-7600	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2020-3452	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.