VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-14484

CVSS score7.3 HIGH
EPSS probability0.27%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-09-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The Gentoo sci-mathematics/gimps package before 28.10-r1 for Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) allows local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link under /var/lib/gimps, because an unsafe "chown -R" command is executed.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

Primary references