CVE-2017-18925 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in opentmpfiles through version 0.3.1, allowing attackers to take ownership of arbitrary files due to mishandling of "d" entries and a symlink attack. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability requires local access and low privileges, but can lead to high integrity impact without affecting confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openr:opentmpfiles:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.