{"id":"CVE-2018-0492","aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2018-0492","DLA-1338-1","DSA-4163-1","EUVD-2018-1315","GHSA-wcqx-v7mj-x2h4","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-0492"],"status":"published","title":"Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local...","description":"Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local privilege escalation.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":7,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.01562,"percentile":0.75419,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":true,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-362"],"published":"2018-04-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-10-23T18:02:55Z","exploits":[{"source":"exploitdb","id":"EDB-44452","title":"GNU Beep 1.3 - 'HoleyBeep' Local Privilege Escalation","type":"local","platform":"linux","date":"2018-04-06","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44452"}],"fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Debian:12","package":"beep","fixed_in":["1.3-5"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"beep","fixed_in":["1.3-5"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"beep","fixed_in":["1.3-5"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:7","package":"beep","fixed_in":["1.3-3+deb7u1"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:8","package":"beep","fixed_in":["1.3-3+deb8u1"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:9","package":"beep","fixed_in":["1.3-4+deb9u1"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","package":"beep","fixed_in":["1.3-3+deb8u1build0.14.04.1"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","package":"beep","fixed_in":["1.3-4+deb9u1~build0.16.04.1"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:12","package":"beep","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.3-5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"beep","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.3-5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"beep","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.3-5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:7","package":"beep","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.3-3+deb7u1"}]}],"versions":["1.3-3"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:8","package":"beep","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.3-3+deb8u1"}]}],"versions":["1.3-3"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:9","package":"beep","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.3-4+deb9u1"}]}],"versions":["1.3-4"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","package":"beep","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.3-3+deb8u1build0.14.04.1"}]}],"versions":["1.3-3"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","package":"beep","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.3-4+deb9u1~build0.16.04.1"}]}],"versions":["1.3-3","1.3-4"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"beep_project","product":"beep"},{"vendor":"debian","product":"debian_linux"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44452/","tags":["exploit","x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry","evidence"]},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4163","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_DEBIAN","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-0492","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","advisory","report"]},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00089.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory","advisory","report"]},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00002.html","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory","advisory","report"]},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-15","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_GENTOO","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0492"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wcqx-v7mj-x2h4"},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-0492","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0492","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2018-0492","description":"Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local privilege escalation.","status":"published","published":"2018-04-03T07:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T03:28:10.587Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:12.596526Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2018-1315","description":"Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local privilege escalation.","status":"published","published":"2018-04-03T07:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T03:28:10Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T02:40:18.31448Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-wcqx-v7mj-x2h4","title":"Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local...","description":"Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local privilege escalation.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-14T01:20:24Z","modified":"2023-02-02T05:03:20Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-362"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:51:37.12522Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2018-0492","description":"Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local privilege escalation.","status":"published","published":"2018-04-03T07:29:00.22Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:30:57.123Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":4.4,"vector":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-362"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:04:24.700429Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2018-0492","description":"Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local privilege escalation.","status":"published","published":"2018-04-03T07:29:00.22Z","modified":"2026-03-14T09:25:33.218895Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:07.192756Z"},{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2018-0492","description":"Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local privilege escalation.","status":"published","published":"2018-04-03T07:29:00.22Z","modified":"2026-10-23T18:02:55.55980335Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:29.988046Z"},{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2018-0492","description":"Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local privilege escalation.","status":"published","published":"2018-04-03T07:29:00Z","modified":"2025-09-08T16:44:37Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:54:16.154988Z"},{"id":"DLA-1338-1","title":"beep - security update","status":"published","published":"2018-04-03T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-03-09T01:01:46.187828Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:09.336894Z"},{"id":"DSA-4163-1","title":"beep - security update","status":"published","published":"2018-04-02T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-03-09T01:17:46.993601Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:16.862196Z"}]}}