VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-15097

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.54%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-07-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Primary references