systemd-tmpfiles in systemd before 237 attempts to support ownership/permission changes on hardlinked files even if the fs.protected_hardlinks sysctl is turned off, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via vectors involving a hard link to a file for which the user lacks write access, as demonstrated by changing the ownership of the /etc/passwd file.
                
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2018-01-29T05:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-05T21:13:47.523Z
Reserved: 2018-01-28T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-18078
 Vulnrichment
                        Vulnrichment
                    No data.
 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Modified
Published: 2018-01-29T05:29:00.213
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:19:18.847
Link: CVE-2017-18078
 Redhat
                        Redhat