UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7500
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7500
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7500.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7500
- Upstream
- Published
- 2018-08-13T17:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-07-18T16:43:56Z
- Severity
-
- 7.3 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - low
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
Affected packages
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / rpm
Package
- Name
- rpm
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/rpm@4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty