VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-2616

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.28%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-07-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A race condition was found in util-linux before 2.32.1 in the way su handled the management of child processes. A local authenticated attacker could use this flaw to kill other processes with root privileges under specific conditions.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-267: Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions
  • CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Primary references