CVE-2017-7184
HIGHLinux kernel <4.10.6 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
The xfrm_replay_verify_len function in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.6 does not validate certain size data after an XFRM_MSG_NEWAE update, which allows local users to obtain root privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds access) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability, as demonstrated during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2017 for the Ubuntu 16.10 linux-image-* package 4.8.0.41.52.
Exploits (5)
References (15)
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0225
EPSS Percentile
84.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (2)
linux/linux_kernel
4.8
linux/linux_kernel
< 3.2.89
Published
Mar 19, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026