RCE in Red Hat, Inc. Spice-Vdagent

CVE-2017-15108

spice-vdagent up to and including 0.17.0 does not properly escape save directory before passing to shell, allowing local attacker with access to the session the agent runs in to inject arbitrary commands to be executed.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.004 (34.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15108?
CVE-2017-15108 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat, Inc. Spice-Vdagent, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-01-20.
How severe is CVE-2017-15108?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-15108 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.