What is CVE-2017-15945?

CVE-2017-15945 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gentoo Linux, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-10-27.

How severe is CVE-2017-15945?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-15945 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Gentoo Linux

CVE-2017-15945

The installation scripts in the Gentoo dev-db/mysql, dev-db/mariadb, dev-db/percona-server, dev-db/mysql-cluster, and dev-db/mariadb-galera packages before 2017-09-29 have chown calls for user-writable directory trees, which allows local u…

EPSS: 0.000 (8.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Gentoo Linux
Mariadb
Mysql
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15945?: CVE-2017-15945 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gentoo Linux, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-10-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-15945?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-15945 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.