Vulnerability Details : CVE-2017-7496
fedora-arm-installer up to and including 1.99.16 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation due to lack of checking the error condition of mount operation failure on unsafely created temporary directories.
Vulnerability category: Gain privilege
Products affected by CVE-2017-7496
- cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:arm_installer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-7496
0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 6 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2017-7496
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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4.4
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MEDIUM | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
3.4
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6.4
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NIST | |
7.0
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HIGH | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
1.0
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5.9
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2017-7496
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[PLANNED FOR DEPRECATION. SEE MAINTENANCE NOTES AND CONSIDER CWE-252, CWE-248, OR CWE-1069.] Ignoring exceptions and other error conditions may allow an attacker to induce unexpected behavior unnoticed.Assigned by: secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)
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The product does not handle or incorrectly handles an exceptional condition.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2017-7496
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https://pagure.io/arm-image-installer/pull-request/10
PR#10: Verify that mount didn't fail, fix CVE-2017-7496 - arm-image-installer - Pagure.ioVendor Advisory
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