CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-7501

7.8 HIGH Published 2017-11-22 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-11-22
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

It was found that versions of rpm before 4.13.0.2 use temporary files with predictable names when installing an RPM. An attacker with ability to write in a directory where files will be installed could create symbolic links to an arbitrary location and modify content, and possibly permissions to arbitrary files, which could be used for denial of service or possibly privilege escalation.

Affected configurations

• rpm rpm (< 4.13.0.3)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References