CVE-2017-14730

7.8 HIGH
Published: September 25, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
View on NVD

Description

The init script in the Gentoo app-admin/logstash-bin package before 5.5.3 and 5.6.x before 5.6.1 has "chown -R" calls for user-writable directory trees, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to a $LS_USER account for creation of a hard link.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.gentoo.org/628558
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/5665
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=18f97c851c209f291b31ae7a902719f1c17c79fa
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=bbd6cb398c1740c68e9b1b78340c887c58c1fbda
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.gentoo.org/628558
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/5665
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=18f97c851c209f291b31ae7a902719f1c17c79fa
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=bbd6cb398c1740c68e9b1b78340c887c58c1fbda
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.3%
27th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-732

Affected Vendors

gentoo elasticsearch

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