Is CVE-2018-12015 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-12015 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-12015?

CVE-2018-12015 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-12015?

CVE-2018-12015 has an EPSS score of 8.21% (94th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-12015?

Upgrade perl on debian 11 to 5.26.2-6 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-12015

HIGHEPSS 94th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In Perl through 5.26.2, the Archive::Tar module allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism, and overwrite arbitrary files, via an archive file containing a symlink and a regular file with the same name.

CWE-59Link Following

How to fix

Remediation Available

perlDebian

Fixed in:5.26.2-6CVE-2018-12015

perlUbuntu

Fixed in:5.18.2-2ubuntu1.6USN-3684-1

Fixed in:5.22.1-9ubuntu0.5USN-3684-1

Fixed in:5.26.1-6ubuntu0.1USN-3684-1

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

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

8.21%probability of exploitation in 30 days

94thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 94% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

security.netapp.com

Exploit1

bugs.debian.org

Third-Party Advisory8

Other references2

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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.