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CVE-2018-0492
Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local privilege escalation.
High7.0EPSS 1.6%
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- debian
Description
Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local privilege escalation.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 25% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.0.
Weakness
Affected products
beep
- affected beep
References (6)
- 44452 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- DSA-4163 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-0492 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00089.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180403 [SECURITY] [DLA 1338-1] beep security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-201805-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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