CVE-2018-1227 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2018-1227
Vulnerability Scoring

7.5
/10
Very High Risk

Highly exploitable, CVE-2018-1227 poses a critical security risk that could lead to severe breaches.

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: Low
    Exploits can be performed without significant complexity or special conditions.
  • Attack Vector: Network
    Vulnerability is exploitable over a network without physical access.
  • Privileges Required: None
    No privileges are required for exploitation.
  • Scope: Unchanged
    Exploit remains within the originally vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2018-1227 Details

Status: Modified

Last updated: 🕞 21 Nov 2024, 03:59 UTC
Originally published on: 🕗 13 Mar 2018, 20:29 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 2444 days

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

nvd@nist.gov

CVSS3 Type

Primary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVE-2018-1227 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2018-1227: Pivotal Concourse after 2018-03-05 might allow remote attackers to have an unspecified impact, if a customer obtained the Concourse software from a DNS domain that is no longer controlled by Pivotal. The original domain for the Concourse CI (concourse-dot-ci) open source project has been registered by an unknown actor, and is therefore no longer the official website for Concourse CI. The new official domain is concourse-ci.org. At approximately 4 am EDT on March 7, 2018 the Concourse OSS team began receiving reports that the Concourse domain was not responding. The Concourse OSS team discovered, upon investigation with both the original and the new domain registrars, that the originating domain registrar had made the domain available for purchase. This was done despite the domain being renewed by the Concourse OSS team through August 2018. For a customer to be affected, they would have needed to access a download from a "concourse-dot-ci" domain web site after March 6, 2018 18:00:00 EST. Accessing that domain is NOT recommended by Pivotal. Anyone who had been using that domain should immediately begin using the concourse-ci.org domain instead. Customers can also safely access Concourse software from the traditionally available locations on the Pivotal Network or GitHub.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2018-1227

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2018-1227 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2018-1227

With low attack complexity and no required privileges, CVE-2018-1227 is an easy target for cybercriminals. Organizations should prioritize immediate mitigation measures to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2018-1227, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2018-1227, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: None
    CVE-2018-1227 has no significant impact on data confidentiality.
  • Integrity: High
    CVE-2018-1227 could allow unauthorized modifications to data, potentially affecting system reliability and trust.
  • Availability: None
    CVE-2018-1227 does not impact system availability.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

The EPSS score estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the near future.

EPSS Score: 0.191% (probability of exploit)

EPSS Percentile: 57.58% (lower percentile = lower relative risk)
This vulnerability is less risky than approximately 42.42% of others.

CVE-2018-1227 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Vulnerable Configurations

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  • cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:concourse:3.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:concourse:3.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:concourse:3.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:concourse:3.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:concourse:3.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:concourse:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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  • cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:concourse:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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