CVE-2017-12172Not scoredCWE-59

CVE-2017-12172: Red Hat, Inc. postgresql vulnerability

Red Hat, Inc. · postgresql

Vendor fix available · Affected: Red Hat, Inc. postgresql · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

0.6%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

48th percentile

050100

Higher than 48% of scored CVEs

Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.

DescriptionCVE.org

PostgreSQL 10.x before 10.1, 9.6.x before 9.6.6, 9.5.x before 9.5.10, 9.4.x before 9.4.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.20, and 9.2.x before 9.2.24 runs under a non-root operating system account, and database superusers have effective ability to run arbitrary code under that system account. PostgreSQL provides a script for starting the database server during system boot. Packages of PostgreSQL for many operating systems provide their own, packager-authored startup implementations. Several implementations use a log file name that the database superuser can replace with a symbolic link. As root, they open(), chmod() and/or chown() this log file name. This often suffices for the database superuser to escalate to root privileges when root starts the server.

Affected products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

Red Hat, Inc. · postgresql10.x before 10.1, 9.6.x before 9.6.6, 9.5.x before 9.5.10,…

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Exploitation: Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Link Following · File and Path Handling
Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
Published: November 2017
Band: Unlikely (under 1%), November 2017

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