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CVE-2017-7480

rkhunter versions before 1.4.4 are vulnerable to file download over insecure channel when doing mirror update resulting into potential remo…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.8
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.4%
percentile 84%
Public exploits
0
none known

rkhunter versions before 1.4.4 are vulnerable to file download over insecure channel when doing mirror update resulting into potential remote code execution.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.37% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.19.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Red Hat, Inc. rkhunter

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-300 Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint
  • CWE-417 Communication Channel Errors

References

  • seclists.org /oss-sec/2017/q2/643 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201805-11 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred

Sources

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