What is CVE-2017-5084?

CVE-2017-5084 is a low-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome OS, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2017-10-27.

How severe is CVE-2017-5084?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Google Chrome OS

CVE-2017-5084

Inappropriate implementation in image-burner in Google Chrome OS prior to 59.0.3071.92 allowed a local attacker to read local files via dbus-send commands to a BurnImage D-Bus endpoint.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2017-10-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (3.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-06.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 4th percentile — 3.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Chrome OS
Google Chrome Prior To 59.0.3071.92 — versions Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.92

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

crbug.com/702030
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-20 (vendor-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/98986 (vdb-entry)
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-chrome-os.html

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5084?: CVE-2017-5084 is a low-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome OS, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2017-10-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-5084?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.