CVE-2017-7501
CVSS V2 Medium 4.6
CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
It was found that versions of rpm before 4.13.0.2 use temporary files with predictable names when installing an RPM. An attacker with ability to write in a directory where files will be installed could create symbolic links to an arbitrary location and modify content, and possibly permissions to arbitrary files, which could be used for denial of service or possibly privilege escalation.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2017-7501
- Assigner
- secalert@redhat.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2017-11-22T22:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2021-06-29T15:15:13
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 4.13.0.3 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- LOCAL
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 4.6
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 6.4
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
Sources
Source Name | Source URL |
---|---|
NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7501 |
MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7501 |
History
Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2022-05-10 07:09:31 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
2022-12-02 23:26:24 | 2017-11-22T22:29Z | 2017-11-22T22:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
2022-12-02 23:26:24 | 2021-06-29T15:15:13 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
2022-12-02 23:26:24 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |