High severity · published Oct 27, 2017
CVE-2017-15945
The installation scripts in the Gentoo dev-db/mysql, dev-db/mariadb, dev-db/percona-server, dev-db/mysql-cluster, and dev-db/mariadb-galera packages before 2017-09-29 have chown…
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The installation scripts in the Gentoo dev-db/mysql, dev-db/mariadb, dev-db/percona-server, dev-db/mysql-cluster, and dev-db/mariadb-galera packages before 2017-09-29 have chown calls for user-writable directory trees, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to the mysql account for creation of a link.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
Mariadb · Mariadb
before 10.0.30 · source: NVD
MY
Mysql · Mysql
before 5.6.36 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15945
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15945
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.gentoo.org/630822
Issue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-04
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