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CVE-2018-15912

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-08-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

An issue was discovered in manjaro-update-system.sh in manjaro-system 20180716-1 on Manjaro Linux. A local attacker can install or remove arbitrary packages and package repositories potentially containing hooks with arbitrary code, which will automatically be run as root, or remove packages vital to the system.

Affected products

• Manjaro Linux: through 20180716-1

References

• https://gitlab.manjaro.org/packages/core/manjaro-system/commit/8208b8a
• https://lists.manjaro.org/pipermail/manjaro-security/2018-August/000785.html
• https://gitlab.manjaro.org/packages/core/manjaro-system/commit/8208b8a
• https://lists.manjaro.org/pipermail/manjaro-security/2018-August/000785.html

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