CVE-2017-7500

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59 Link Following
Publication date:
13/08/2018
Last modified:
09/10/2019

Description

It was found that rpm did not properly handle RPM installations when a destination path was a symbolic link to a directory, possibly changing ownership and permissions of an arbitrary directory, and RPM files being placed in an arbitrary destination. An attacker, with write access to a directory in which a subdirectory will be installed, could redirect that directory to an arbitrary location and gain root privilege.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.13.0.0 (including) 4.13.0.2 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:4.14.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:4.14.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*