CVE-2018-1115

Q: How do I fix CVE-2018-1115?

Upgrade postgresql to 10.4 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2018-1115 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2018-1115 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 4.0% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 90% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2018-1115?

CVE-2018-1115 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2018-1115 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for postgresql (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

CRITICALEPSS 90th pctl

9.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

postgresql before versions 10.4, 9.6.9 is vulnerable in the adminpack extension, the pg_catalog.pg_logfile_rotate() function doesn't follow the same ACLs than pg_rorate_logfile. If the adminpack is added to a database, an attacker able to connect to it could exploit this to force log rotation.

CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

How to fix

Remediation Available

postgresqlNVD

Affected:>= 10.0, < 10.4Fixed in:10.4CVE-2018-1115derived from NVD

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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 InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

4.04%probability of exploitation in 30 days

90thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 90% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

bugzilla.redhat.com

Third-Party Advisory5

Other references1

git.postgresql.org

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2011-3923	Critical	9.8	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-15379	Critical	9.8	86%	-	-
CVE-2018-1000207	High	7.2	64%	-	-
CVE-2023-32986	High	8.8	61%	-	-
CVE-2021-44521	Critical	9.1	55%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-13374	Medium	4.3	38%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2018-1115?

Upgrade postgresql to 10.4 or later.

Is CVE-2018-1115 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2018-1115 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 4.0% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 90% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2018-1115?

CVE-2018-1115 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2018-1115 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for postgresql (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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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.