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CVE-2017-14798
local privilege escalation in SUSE postgresql init script
High7.3EPSS 1.00%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microfocus
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microfocusCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.00% · top 37% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.
Weakness
- creation of directory could follow symlinks
- CWE-61 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-61 and its CVEs
- CWE-362 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-362 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected unspecified – ≤ 9.4-0.5.3.1
What to do
Solution: Update to the update packages.
References (4)
- 45184 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062722 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-14798/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2017:3107 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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