What is CVE-2017-7560?

CVE-2017-7560 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat, Inc. Rhnsd, classified under Insecure Temporary File. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-13.

How severe is CVE-2017-7560?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Red Hat, Inc. Rhnsd

CVE-2017-7560

It was found that rhnsd PID files are created as world-writable that allows local attackers to fill the disks or to kill selected processes.

Published 2017-09-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (15.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 15th percentile — 15.0% 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7560?: CVE-2017-7560 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat, Inc. Rhnsd, classified under Insecure Temporary File. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2017-7560?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.