CVE-2017-18225 Information

Description

The Gentoo net-im/jabberd2 package through 2.6.1 installs jabberd jabberd2-c2s jabberd2-router jabberd2-s2s and jabberd2-sm in /usr/bin owned by the jabber account which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this account and then waiting for root to execute one of these programs.

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/629412

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