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    CVE-2017-10140

    Postfix before 2.11.10, 3.0.x before 3.0.10, 3.1.x before 3.1.6, and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging undocumented functionality in Berkeley DB 2.x and later, related to reading settings from DB_CONFIG in the current directory.

    Published:Jun 11, 2017
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Apr 16, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.00235
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Postfix
    Product
    Postfix
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Core Services

    Exploits

    http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/285http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/285

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High