CVE-2017-7518: [UNKNOWN] Kernel:

Execution with unnecessary privileges in [UNKNOWN] Kernel:

CVSS 5.5 MediumEPSS 0.0067 · 52nd percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 30 Jul 2018, 13:00 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
[UNKNOWN]	Kernel:	affected 4.12

Identifiers

CVE-2017-7518

CNA

redhat

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-250

Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
5.5	Medium	3.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L	CNA (redhat)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0067, the 52nd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 30 Jul 2018. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0412 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/articles/3290921 confirm
usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/ vendor-advisoryubuntu
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0395 vendor-advisoryredhat
usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/ vendor-advisoryubuntu
www.securitytracker.com/id/1038782 vdb-entrysectrack
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7518 confirm
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/23/5 mailing-listmlist
usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/ vendor-advisoryubuntu
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981 vendor-advisorydebian
www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg151817.html mailing-listmlist
www.securityfocus.com/bid/99263 vdb-entrybid

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.