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CVE-2017-51232 exploits

Insufficient data validation in waitid allowed an user to escape sandboxes on Linux.

Published 5 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.8
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
3.7%
percentile 90%
Public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Insufficient data validation in waitid allowed an user to escape sandboxes on Linux.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.74% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-43127 Linux Kernel 4.13 (Ubuntu 17.10) - 'waitid()' SMEP/SMAP/Chrome Sandbox Privilege Escalation · local · 2017-11-06
  • EDB-43029 Linux Kernel 4.14.0-rc4+ - 'waitid()' Local Privilege Escalation · local · 2017-10-22

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.18.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.04.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Technology feeds
Linux kernel (RSS, critical only)

References

  • crbug.com /772848 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • git.kernel.org /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=96ca579a1ecc943b75beba58bebb0356f6 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • security.netapp.com /advisory/ntap-20211223-0003/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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