CVE-2017-14798
local privilege escalation in SUSE postgresql init script
Severity Score
7.0
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
1
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
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.
Una condición de carrera en el script init de postgresql podría ser aprovechada por atacantes para acceder a la cuenta postgresql y escalar sus privilegios a root.
PostgreSQL version 9.4-0.5.3 suffers from a privilege escalation vulnerability.
*Credits:
Johannes Segitz of SUSE
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
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* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2017-09-27 CVE Reserved
- 2018-03-01 CVE Published
- 2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
- 2024-09-16 CVE Updated
- 2024-09-16 First Exploit
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-61: UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
- CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CAPEC
References (4)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062722 | X_refsource_confirm | |
| https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-14798 | X_refsource_confirm |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45184 | 2024-09-16 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2017-November/003420.html | 2023-11-07 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Postgresql Search vendor "Postgresql" | Postgresql Search vendor "Postgresql" for product "Postgresql" | < 9.4-0.5.3.1 Search vendor "Postgresql" for product "Postgresql" and version " < 9.4-0.5.3.1" | - |
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| Suse Search vendor "Suse" | Suse Linux Enterprise Server Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Server" | 11 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Server" and version "11" | sp3 |
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