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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.56%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.56% probability · 45th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- postfix/postfix
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/285Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.postfix.org/announcements/postfix-3.2.2.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0366Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/285Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.postfix.org/announcements/postfix-3.2.2.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0366Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.