6.5med
CVE-2017-15097
Privilege escalation flaws were found in the Red Hat initialization scripts of PostgreSQL.
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
6.5
v3.0 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.5%
percentile 46%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
Privilege escalation flaws were found in the Red Hat initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.54% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.0 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.0 | 6.7 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- Red Hat postgresql init script
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access
References
- access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:3402 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
- access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:3403 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
- access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:3405 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
- bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-15097 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securitytracker.com /id/1039983 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
- access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:3404 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-15097
- NVD: CVE-2017-15097
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