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CVE-2018-16597

Affected software2 products, listed below
Severity5.5 Medium CVSS 3.0 2 scores
WeaknessIncorrect authorization (CWE-863)
Published21 Sep 2018
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.8. Incorrect access checking in overlayfs mounts could be used by local attackers to modify or truncate files in the underlying filesystem.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 8 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 0.55% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

CVSS

5.5 MEDIUM v3.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.0 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 4.9 none AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

4 products, 4 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd linux linux kernel generic < 4.8
nvd netapp active iq performance analytics services generic any version
nvd netapp element software generic any version
nvd opensuse leap generic 42.3

References

URLTags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-10/msg00033.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153702/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105394 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1106512 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c0ca3d70e8d3cf81e2255a217f7ca402f5ed0862 Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/33
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0001/ Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22691834 Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published2018-09-21By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.