Is CVE-2018-1165 actively exploited?

CVE-2018-1165 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-1165?

CVE-2018-1165 has a CVSS score of 7 (HIGH severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2018-1165?

Patch guidance is available from joyent security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2018-1165.

Fix CVE-2018-1165 - HIGH joyent smartos

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2018-1165?

3 products: joyent smartos, oracle solaris, oracle zfs storage appliance.

Description

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations of Joyent SmartOS release-20170803-20170803T064301Z. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the SMB_IOC_SVCENUM IOCTL. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length, heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the host OS. Was ZDI-CAN-4983.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector: local
Complexity: high
Privileges: low
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-122 CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write

Metadata

Primary Vendor: JOYENT
Published: 2/21/2018
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

joyent : smartosoracle : solarisoracle : zfs_storage_appliance

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

Cite this page

CVE-2018-1165. CVEDatabase.com. Retrieved 1 May 2026. https://cvedatabase.com/cve/CVE-2018-1165

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CVE-2018-1165 vulnerability