CVE-2018-9862
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9862
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-9862.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-9862
- Published
- 2018-04-09T16:29:00.273Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-20T10:53:28.178662Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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.
- References