VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-15945

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.37%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-10-27
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 installation scripts in the Gentoo dev-db/mysql, dev-db/mariadb, dev-db/percona-server, dev-db/mysql-cluster, and dev-db/mariadb-galera packages before 2017-09-29 have chown calls for user-writable directory trees, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to the mysql account for creation of a link.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Primary references