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    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.

    Published:Sep 15, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Sep 15, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.0003
    CVSS Score:7.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gentoo
    Product
    Sci-mathematics-gimps

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

    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