CVE-2017-15566 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting SchedMD Slurm versions before 16.05.11, 17.x before 17.02.9, and 17.11.x before 17.11.0rc2. It stems from insecure handling of the SPANK environment variable, allowing a local attacker to gain root privileges during Prolog or Epilog execution. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 16.05.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:schedmd:slurm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.02.0, < 17.2.09CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:schedmd:slurm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:schedmd:slurm:17.11.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.