What is CVE-2017-14484?

CVE-2017-14484 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gentoo Sci-Mathematics-Gimps, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2017-09-15.

How severe is CVE-2017-14484?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Gentoo Sci-Mathematics-Gimps

CVE-2017-14484

The Gentoo sci-mathematics/gimps package before 28.10-r1 for Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) allows local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link under /var/lib/gimps, because an unsafe "chown -R" command is executed.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2017-09-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (17.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 17.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Gentoo Sci-Mathematics-Gimps — versions 28.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14484?: CVE-2017-14484 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gentoo Sci-Mathematics-Gimps, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2017-09-15.
How severe is CVE-2017-14484?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.