Privilege Escalation via Shell Command Injection in util-linux

CVE-2018-7738 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

In util-linux before 2.32-rc1, bash-completion/umount allows local users to gain privileges by embedding shell commands in a mountpoint name, which is mishandled during a umount command (within Bash) by a different user, as demonstrated by logging in as root and entering umount followed by a tab character for autocompletion.

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