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CVE-2017-147981 exploit

local privilege escalation in SUSE postgresql init script

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.3
v3.0 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.0%
percentile 63%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

A race condition in the postgresql init script could be used by attackers able to access the postgresql account to escalate their privileges to root.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.00% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-45184 PostgreSQL 9.4-0.5.3 - Privilege Escalation · local · 2018-08-13

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
CNA3.07.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA3.07.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD3.07.0CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.06.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • suse postgresql-init

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
Technology feeds
PostgreSQL (RSS, critical only)

References

  • exploit-db.com /exploits/45184/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.suse.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1062722 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • suse.com /de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-14798/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • lists.suse.com /pipermail/sle-security-updates/2017-November/003420.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred

Sources

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