CVE-2017-5985

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

0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 26.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2017-03-14 17:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 15:18Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-02-13

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-862Missing AuthorizationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

59a0a2f23772418f9023d3171d95cca5d50a1429ec9d28eab4cb80f3a71f0774

• lists.linuxcontainers.org[lxc-devel] 20170309 Security fix for CVE-2017-5985 (lxc-user-nic)https://lists.linuxcontainers.org/pipermail/lxc-devel/2017-March/015535.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• github.comhttps://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/16af238036a5464ae8f2420ed3af214f0de875f9x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com96777http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96777vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1654676x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3224-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3224-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170309 LXC: CVE-2017-5985: lxc-user-nic didn't verify network namespace ownershiphttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/09/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1481http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE