Description
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 (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/commit/c815822c8bdb138066ff58c624ae83e3a12ebfa9
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/commit/f2d3be2a8741234faaa96f5fd05fdfdc75779a79
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7500
Scores
CVSS v3
7.3
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
15.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-59
Status
published
Products (2)
rpm/rpm
4.14.0.0 rc1 (2 CPE variants)
rpm/rpm
4.13.0.0 - 4.13.0.2
Published
Aug 13, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026