VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-14730

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.35%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-09-25
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The init script in the Gentoo app-admin/logstash-bin package before 5.5.3 and 5.6.x before 5.6.1 has "chown -R" calls for user-writable directory trees, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to a $LS_USER account for creation of a hard link.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Primary references