CVE-2017-7549
low-risk
Published 2017-09-21
A flaw was found in instack-undercloud 7.2.0 as packaged in Red Hat OpenStack Platform Pike, 6.1.0 as packaged in Red Hat OpenStack Platform Oacta, 5.3.0 as packaged in Red Hat OpenStack Newton, where pre-install and security policy scripts used insecure temporary files. A local user could exploit this flaw to conduct a symbolic-link attack, allowing them to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files.
Do I need to act?
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0.08% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
6
CVSS 6.4/10
Medium
LOCAL
/ HIGH complexity
Affected Products (3)
Instack-Undercloud
Instack-Undercloud
Instack-Undercloud
Affected Vendors
References (14)
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100407
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1477403
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100407
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1477403
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/ 100
low-risk
Severity
17/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
0/34 · Minimal
Exposure
9/34 · Low