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CVE-2017-15097
Published: Jul 27, 2018
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
CVSS v3.0
6.5
MEDIUM
Description
Privilege escalation flaws were found in the Red Hat initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. An attacker with access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Red Hat | postgresql init script | affected all |
Weaknesses (CWE)
CVSS v3.0 Details
CVSS v3.0 Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
References
RHSA-2017:3402
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2017:3403
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2017:3405
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-15097
x_refsource_CONFIRM
1039983
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
RHSA-2017:3404
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
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