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CVE-2017-2663

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2663 describes a vulnerability in Red Hat's subscription-manager, specifically its DBus interface before version 1.19.4. This flaw allowed unprivileged local users to access sensitive methods, potentially leading to information disclosure or privilege escalation. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable locally with low complexity, posing a significant risk of high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.19.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:subscription-manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.2HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.5
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-2663Moderate

subscription-manager: unsafe dbus interface

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / candlepin/subscription-manager/commit/2aa48ef65
PatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97015
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry