CVE-2017-8108
Unspecified tests in Lynis before 2.5.0 allow local users to write to arbitrary files or possibly gain privileges via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
02 Description
Unspecified tests in Lynis before 2.5.0 allow local users to write to arbitrary files or possibly gain privileges via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 36.6% 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-06-08 16:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 16:27Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-04-25
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1881f57db98a3d70df69310ba20eb46500ae6444eed8c2ffd86c014283bc4247
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com99288http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99288
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2017-8d625a8d2bhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZJHLLWNW7NASVXCK24YBSIUQQPWGCMB5/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2017-c3ce061ea7https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UJXMPYANXHI25NQZ36QMXNXANDRAA5YG/
- github.comhttps://github.com/CISOfy/lynis/releases/tag/2.5.0
- cisofy.comhttps://cisofy.com/security/cve/cve-2017-8108/
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- lynis Fixed in 2.5.0-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- lynis Fixed in 2.5.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- lynis Fixed in 2.5.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- lynis Fixed in 2.5.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- lynis No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.