Is CVE-2018-8885 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-8885 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-8885?

CVE-2018-8885 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-8885?

CVE-2018-8885 has an EPSS score of 0.22% (12th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-8885?

Upgrade screen-resolution-extra on ubuntu 14.04 to 0.17.1.1~14.04.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-8885

HIGH

7.0

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

screenresolution-mechanism in screen-resolution-extra 0.17.2 does not properly use the PolicyKit D-Bus API, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a race condition via a setuid or pkexec process that is mishandled in a PolicyKitService._check_permission call.

CWE-362Race Condition

How to fix

Remediation Available

screen-resolution-extraUbuntu

Fixed in:0.17.1.1~14.04.1USN-3607-1

Fixed in:0.17.1.1~16.04.1USN-3607-1

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 VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.22%probability of exploitation in 30 days

12thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 12% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

usn.ubuntu.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-362 (Race Condition) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2024-6387	High	8.1	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-36884	High	7.5	99%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2018-15473	Medium	5.3	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-27983	High	8.2	87%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-0226	Medium	6.8	86%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-5195	High	7.0	84%	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.