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FILE-OTHER Unix systemd-journald memory corruption attempt
This event is generated when poc exploiting systemd-journald is transferred to client Impact: Attempted Administrator Privilege Gain Details: Ease of Attack:
No public information
No known false positives
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For reference, see the MITRE ATT&CK vulnerability types here: https://attack.mitre.org
CVE-2018-16864An allocation of memory without limits, that could result in the stack clashing with another memory region, was discovered in systemd-journald when a program with long command line arguments calls syslog. A local attacker may use this flaw to crash systemd-journald or escalate his privileges. Versions through v240 are vulnerable. |
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CVE-2018-16865An allocation of memory without limits, that could result in the stack clashing with another memory region, was discovered in systemd-journald when many entries are sent to the journal socket. A local attacker, or a remote one if systemd-journal-remote is used, may use this flaw to crash systemd-journald or execute code with journald privileges. Versions through v240 are vulnerable. |
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