CVE-2017-16997Not scoredCWE-426

CVE-2017-16997: Gnu glibc 2.19 through 2.26 vulnerability

Gnu · glibc 2.19 through 2.26

Vendor fix available · Affected: Gnu glibc 2.19 through 2.26 · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)

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2.9%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

87th percentile

050100

Higher than 87% of scored CVEs

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

DescriptionCVE.org

elf/dl-load.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.19 through 2.26 mishandles RPATH and RUNPATH containing $ORIGIN for a privileged (setuid or AT_SECURE) program, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse library in the current working directory, related to the fillin_rpath and decompose_rpath functions. This is associated with misinterpretion of an empty RPATH/RUNPATH token as the "./" directory. NOTE: this configuration of RPATH/RUNPATH for a privileged program is apparently very uncommon; most likely, no such program is shipped with any common Linux distribution.

Affected products1

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glibc 2.19 through 2.26glibc 2.19 through 2.26

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Exploitation: Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Untrusted Search Path · File and Path Handling
Vendor: Gnu
Published: December 2017
Band: Possible (1 to 10%), December 2017
Bounty reports: 1 disclosed on HackerOne

Disclosed bug bounty reports about CVE-2017-16997

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Container scanning and Dependency scanning report leaked to unauthorized usersGitLab · 2019 · medium severityValid

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