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UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

CVE-2017-14798

High
7.3/10

Summary

A race condition in the postgresql init script could be used by attackers able to access the postgresql account to escalate their privileges to root.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-61 - UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

The software, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the software to operate on unauthorized files.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published