CVE-2018-12559 | BDVDB-2026-102807 Detail

Description#

An issue was discovered in the cantata-mounter D-Bus service in Cantata through 2.3.1. The mount target path check in mounter.cpp `mpOk()` is insufficient. A regular user can consequently mount a CIFS filesystem anywhere (e.g., outside of the /home directory tree) by passing directory traversal sequences such as a home/../usr substring.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://github.com/CDrummond/cantata/commit/afc4f8315d3e96574925fb530a7004cc9e6ce3d3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/18/1

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12018-06-19Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.