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Vulnerability details: VCID-pcjv-raf8-aaap
Vulnerability ID VCID-pcjv-raf8-aaap
Aliases CVE-2017-7500
Summary It was found that rpm did not properly handle RPM installations when a destination path was a symbolic link to a directory, possibly changing ownership and permissions of an arbitrary directory, and RPM files being placed in an arbitrary destination. An attacker, with write access to a directory in which a subdirectory will be installed, could redirect that directory to an arbitrary location and gain root privilege.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
System Score Found at
generic_textual Low http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-7500.html
cvssv3 7.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-7500.json
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rhbs medium https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1450369
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7500
cvssv2 6.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3 7.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 7.2 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7500
cvssv3 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7500
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-7500.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-7500.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7500
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7500
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7500
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/commit/c815822c8bdb138066ff58c624ae83e3a12ebfa9
https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/commit/f2d3be2a8741234faaa96f5fd05fdfdc75779a79
1450369 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1450369
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:4.14.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:4.14.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:4.14.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:4.14.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-7500 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7500
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-7500.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7500
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7500
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.1524
EPSS Score 0.00049
Published At June 25, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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