CVE-2017-5618

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
GNU screen before 4.5.1 allows local users to modify arbitrary files and consequently gain root privileges by leveraging improper checking of logfile permissions.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-5618
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-03-20T16:59:02
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-08-24T17:37:01
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-863 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/863.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:screen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.5.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-devel/2017-01/msg00025.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95873 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/3 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50142 Third Party Advisory
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/tree/src/ChangeLog?h=v.4.5.1 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/patch/?id=1c6d2817926d30c9a7a97d99af7ac5de4a5845b8 Patch Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5618
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5618
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:28:38 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:56:42 2017-03-20T16:59Z 2017-03-20T16:59:02 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 14:56:42 2020-08-24T17:37:01 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 14:56:42 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated