High severity · published Mar 1, 2018
CVE-2017-14798
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
7.0
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 63% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PO
PostgreSQL · PostgreSQL
before 9.4-0.5.3.1 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
11 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14798
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14798
lists.suse.com
http://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2017-November/003420.html
bugzilla.suse.com
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062722
www.exploit-db.com
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45184/
www.suse.com
https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-14798/
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