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CVE-2017-15097

Date: July 27, 2018

Privilege escalation flaws were found in the Red Hat initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.

Severity Score

Related Resources (9)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3405
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15097
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3403
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3404
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039983
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-15097
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3402
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15097
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-15097

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CWE-59

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): HIGH
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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