Vulnerability Details : CVE-2017-10140
Potential exploit
Postfix before 2.11.10, 3.0.x before 3.0.10, 3.1.x before 3.1.6, and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging undocumented functionality in Berkeley DB 2.x and later, related to reading settings from DB_CONFIG in the current directory.
Products affected by CVE-2017-10140
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Threat overview for CVE-2017-10140
Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2017-10140
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue
80
IPs affected by CVE-2017-10140 23
Threat actors abusing to this issue?
Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-10140
0.28%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 49 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2017-10140
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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4.6
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MEDIUM | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
3.9
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6.4
|
NIST | |
7.8
|
HIGH | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
1.8
|
5.9
|
NIST |
References for CVE-2017-10140
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https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2020
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http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/285
oss-sec: Re: Berkeley DB reads DB_CONFIG from cwdExploit;Mailing List;Third Party Advisory
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0366
RHSA-2019:0366 - Security Advisory - Red Hat Customer PortalThird Party Advisory
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http://www.postfix.org/announcements/postfix-3.2.2.html
Postfix stable release 3.2.2 and legacy releases 3.1.6, 3.0.10 and 2.11.10Vendor Advisory
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