# CVE-2018-15912: An issue was discovered in manjaro-update-system.sh in manjaro-system 20180716-1 on Manjaro Linux.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2018-08-29 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- https://gitlab.manjaro.org/packages/core/manjaro-system/commit/8208b8a
- https://lists.manjaro.org/pipermail/manjaro-security/2018-August/000785.html
- https://github.com/coderobe/CVE-2018-15912-PoC

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