### [CVE-2018-18629](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18629)
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### Description

An issue was discovered in the Keybase command-line client before 2.8.0-20181023124437 for Linux. An untrusted search path vulnerability in the keybase-redirector application allows a local, unprivileged user on Linux to gain root privileges via a Trojan horse binary.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://blog.mirch.io/2018/12/21/cve-2018-18629-keybase-linux-privilege-escalation/
- https://blog.mirch.io/2018/12/21/cve-2018-18629-keybase-linux-privilege-escalation/

#### Github
- https://github.com/mirchr/security-research