CVE-2017-2616

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 20.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

4.7 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-07-27 19:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-06-09 15:37Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-12-01

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-267Privilege Defined With Unsafe ActionsBase
• CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class

Data version

5.1

Document digest

770cfd94017f0148e36cfc6309333f2dab549c1c1d7ddd49282ca36533592cf9

• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2616x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com96404http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96404vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0907https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0907vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0654http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0654.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201706-02https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.debian.orgDSA-3793https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• github.comhttps://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1038271http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038271vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK