High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 1, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-15918

Description

Sera 1.2 stores the user's login password in plain text in their home directory. This makes privilege escalation trivial and also exposes the user and system keychains to local attacks.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201715918-sera-12-local-root-privesc-and-password-disclosure.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43221/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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