CVE-2017-14177

Apport through 2.20.7 does not properly handle core dumps from setuid binaries allowing local users to create certain files as root which an attacker could…

published February 2, 2018

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
31.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Apport through 2.20.7 does not properly handle core dumps from setuid binaries allowing local users to create certain files as root which an attacker could leverage to perform a denial of service via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1324.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00390 · 31.9th percentile
Published
2018-02-02T14:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 FEB 14:00Z
    Apport through 2.20.7 does not properly handle core dumps from setuid binaries allowing local users to create certain files as root which an attacker could…
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