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CVE-2018-9862
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-04-09T16:29:00.273 · Last modified 2026-06-17T02:07:18.633

Summary

util.c in runV 1.0.0 for Docker mishandles a numeric username, which allows attackers to obtain root access by leveraging the presence of an initial numeric value on an /etc/passwd line, and then issuing a "docker exec" command with that value in the -u argument, a similar issue to CVE-2016-3697.

Affected products

hyper — runv

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References

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