CVE-2017-7889

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

0.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 24.7% 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:3.1/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

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

2017-04-17 00:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 16:19Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-04-16

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceClass
• CWE-391Unchecked Error ConditionBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b707a0f19c0a249ee49a9bb4cdfb80a6bb69069219c41feac85148ec4782ba5d

• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a4866aa812518ed1a37d8ea0c881dc946409de94x_refsource_MISC
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a4866aa812518ed1a37d8ea0c881dc946409de94x_refsource_MISC
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3583-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2669https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:1854https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3583-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.debian.orgDSA-3945http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3945vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.securityfocus.com97690http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97690vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2077https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4x_refsource_MISC
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1842https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=b8f254aa17f720053054c4ecff3920973a83b9d6x_refsource_CONFIRM