CVE-2018-7738

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.004 · 37 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.43% (37th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In util-linux before 2.32-rc1, bash-completion/umount allows local users to gain privileges by embedding shell commands in a mountpoint name, which is mishandled during a umount command (within Bash) by a different user, as demonstrated by logging in as root and entering umount followed by a tab character for autocompletion.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.07.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264US

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
АО «НППКТ» ОСОН ОСнова Оnyx≤ 2.5fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 9fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения util-linux≤ 2.31fstec_bduRU
kernel util-linux≤ 2.31nvdUScpe:2.3:a:kernel:util-linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-2246util-linux: Schwachstelle ermöglicht PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2018-07-26csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in util-linux ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.
WID-SEC-W-2023-1969HPE Fabric OS: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2023-08-06csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in HPE Fabric OS für HPE Fibre Channel und SAN Switches ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, Informationen offenzulegen oder einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-03-07modified 2026-06-17

references (23)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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