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CVE-2017-5330

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5330 describes a high-severity vulnerability in Ark versions prior to 16.12.1, affecting products like fedoraproject ark and KDE Ark, where remote attackers could execute arbitrary code by embedding an executable within an archive. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction but with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
25CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 16.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:ark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0312 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 11,615 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 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 Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-5330Moderate

ark: Unintended execution of scripts and executable files

Jan 10, 2017

References

bugs.kde.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
cgit.kde.org / ark.git/commit
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NIMZUCG6IQR5S65IVQOXQFQV7TMVSYAT
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-69
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/01/10/2
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95349
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry