CVE-2018-15912 (GCVE-0-2018-15912)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-08-29 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:10
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Summary
An issue was discovered in manjaro-update-system.sh in manjaro-system 20180716-1 on Manjaro Linux. A local attacker can install or remove arbitrary packages and package repositories potentially containing hooks with arbitrary code, which will automatically be run as root, or remove packages vital to the system.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2018-08-28 00:00
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