CVE-2017-6401

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

0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 29.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (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:H/I:H/A:H

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

2017-03-02 06:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 15:25Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-03-01

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d38b8d99f2db5c1308be1835767f8eb19300d286a9043affc48e3557ecc54298

• www.securityfocus.com96493http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96493vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.veritas.comhttps://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html#Issue6x_refsource_CONFIRM