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CVE-2018-6558
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-08-23T19:29:01.127 · Last modified 2026-06-17T02:02:01.473

Summary

The pam_fscrypt module in fscrypt before 0.2.4 may incorrectly restore primary and supplementary group IDs to the values associated with the root user, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a successful login through certain applications that use Linux-PAM (aka pam).

Affected products

google — fscrypt

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References

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