CVE-2017-15945 Information

Description

The installation scripts in the Gentoo dev-db/mysql dev-db/mariadb dev-db/percona-server dev-db/mysql-cluster and dev-db/mariadb-galera packages before 2017-09-29 have chown calls for user-writable directory trees which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to the mysql account for creation of a link.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://bugs.gentoo.org/630822 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-04

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8