CVE-2017-5899

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.97% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 61.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.0 (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:H/I:H/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

2017-03-27 15:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 15:11Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-02-07

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
• CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class

Data version

5.1

Document digest

568a33c025721c5de6b28a8023d323134b709c5d6504bdb0c35c48bf80b74381

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170207 Re: CVE Request: s-nail local roothttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/07/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.mail-archive.com[s-nail-users] 20170127 [ANN]ounce of S-nail v14.8.16 ("Copris lunaris")https://www.mail-archive.com/s-nail-users%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg00551.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170127 CVE Request: s-nail local roothttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/27/7mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securityfocus.com96138http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96138vdb-entryx_refsource_BID