Attacker Value
Unknown
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Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
High
Attack Vector
Local
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CVE-2017-12172

Disclosure Date: November 22, 2017 •
CVE-2017-12172 CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.7
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Description

PostgreSQL 10.x before 10.1, 9.6.x before 9.6.6, 9.5.x before 9.5.10, 9.4.x before 9.4.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.20, and 9.2.x before 9.2.24 runs under a non-root operating system account, and database superusers have effective ability to run arbitrary code under that system account. PostgreSQL provides a script for starting the database server during system boot. Packages of PostgreSQL for many operating systems provide their own, packager-authored startup implementations. Several implementations use a log file name that the database superuser can replace with a symbolic link. As root, they open(), chmod() and/or chown() this log file name. This often suffices for the database superuser to escalate to root privileges when root starts the server.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
6.7 Medium
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
0.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
High
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Offensive Application
Unknown
Utility Class
Unknown
Ports
Unknown
OS
Unknown
Vulnerable Versions
postgresql 10.x before 10.1, 9.6.x before 9.6.6, 9.5.x before 9.5.10, 9.4.x before 9.4.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.20, 9.2.x before 9.2.24
Prerequisites
Unknown
Discovered By
Unknown
PoC Author
Unknown
Metasploit Module
Unknown
Reporter
Unknown

Vendors

  • postgresql

Products

  • postgresql 10,
  • postgresql 9.2,
  • postgresql 9.2.1,
  • postgresql 9.2.10,
  • postgresql 9.2.11,
  • postgresql 9.2.12,
  • postgresql 9.2.13,
  • postgresql 9.2.14,
  • postgresql 9.2.15,
  • postgresql 9.2.16,
  • postgresql 9.2.17,
  • postgresql 9.2.18,
  • postgresql 9.2.19,
  • postgresql 9.2.2,
  • postgresql 9.2.20,
  • postgresql 9.2.21,
  • postgresql 9.2.22,
  • postgresql 9.2.23,
  • postgresql 9.2.3,
  • postgresql 9.2.4,
  • postgresql 9.2.5,
  • postgresql 9.2.6,
  • postgresql 9.2.7,
  • postgresql 9.2.8,
  • postgresql 9.2.9,
  • postgresql 9.3,
  • postgresql 9.3.1,
  • postgresql 9.3.10,
  • postgresql 9.3.11,
  • postgresql 9.3.12,
  • postgresql 9.3.13,
  • postgresql 9.3.14,
  • postgresql 9.3.15,
  • postgresql 9.3.16,
  • postgresql 9.3.17,
  • postgresql 9.3.18,
  • postgresql 9.3.19,
  • postgresql 9.3.2,
  • postgresql 9.3.3,
  • postgresql 9.3.4,
  • postgresql 9.3.5,
  • postgresql 9.3.6,
  • postgresql 9.3.7,
  • postgresql 9.3.8,
  • postgresql 9.3.9,
  • postgresql 9.4,
  • postgresql 9.4.1,
  • postgresql 9.4.10,
  • postgresql 9.4.11,
  • postgresql 9.4.12,
  • postgresql 9.4.13,
  • postgresql 9.4.14,
  • postgresql 9.4.2,
  • postgresql 9.4.3,
  • postgresql 9.4.4,
  • postgresql 9.4.5,
  • postgresql 9.4.6,
  • postgresql 9.4.7,
  • postgresql 9.4.8,
  • postgresql 9.4.9,
  • postgresql 9.5,
  • postgresql 9.5.1,
  • postgresql 9.5.2,
  • postgresql 9.5.3,
  • postgresql 9.5.4,
  • postgresql 9.5.5,
  • postgresql 9.5.6,
  • postgresql 9.5.7,
  • postgresql 9.5.8,
  • postgresql 9.5.9,
  • postgresql 9.6,
  • postgresql 9.6.1,
  • postgresql 9.6.2,
  • postgresql 9.6.3,
  • postgresql 9.6.4,
  • postgresql 9.6.5
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