CVE-2017-14484

The Gentoo sci-mathematics/gimps package before 28.10-r1 for Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) allows local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link under /var/lib/gimps, because an unsafe "chown -R" command is executed.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
7.3 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 6%
VendorProductVersion
gentoosci-mathematics-gimps
28.10
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= Vulnerable software versions
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=603408
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=603408