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CVE-2017-18285

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18285 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Gentoo app-backup/burp package before version 2.1.32, affecting burp_project and Gentoo Linux. The vulnerability stems from incorrect group ownership of the /etc/burp directory, allowing a local attacker with access to a specific account to modify burp-server.conf and gain read/write access to arbitrary files. Rated High severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to significant confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.1.32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:burp_project:burp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.1HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
23.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

gentoovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

bugs.gentoo.org / 641842
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201806-03
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201904-05