High severity8.7NVD Advisory· Published Apr 12, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-1079
CVE-2018-1079
Description
pcs before version 0.9.164 and 0.10 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation via authorized user malicious REST call. The REST interface of the pcsd service did not properly sanitize the file name from the /remote/put_file query. If the /etc/booth directory exists, an authenticated attacker with write permissions could create or overwrite arbitrary files with arbitrary data outside of the /etc/booth directory, in the context of the pcsd process.
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Affected products
1- unspecified/pcsv5Range: pcs 0.9.164
Patches
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References
2- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1060nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
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