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CVE-2017-14730

The init script in the Gentoo app-admin/logstash-bin package before 5.5.3 and 5.6.x before 5.6.1 has "chown -R" calls for user-writable dir…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.3%
percentile 28%
Public exploits
0
none known

The init script in the Gentoo app-admin/logstash-bin package before 5.5.3 and 5.6.x before 5.6.1 has "chown -R" calls for user-writable directory trees, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to a $LS_USER account for creation of a hard link.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.35% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.07.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

  • bugs.gentoo.org /628558 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • gitweb.gentoo.org /repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=bbd6cb398c1740c68e9b1b78340c887c58c1fbda · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • gitweb.gentoo.org /repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=18f97c851c209f291b31ae7a902719f1c17c79fa · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • github.com /gentoo/gentoo/pull/5665 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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