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CVE-2017-6507

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6507 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting AppArmor versions prior to 2.12, including various Canonical AppArmor products. It stems from incorrect handling of AppArmor profiles not located in standard directories, potentially increasing the attack surface for processes intended to be confined. An attacker could exploit this remotely with high attack complexity, leading to a high impact on integrity by allowing processes to run unconfined. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apparmor:apparmor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_core:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_touch:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0159 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bazaar.launchpad.net / ~apparmor-dev/apparmor/master/revision/3647
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
bazaar.launchpad.net / ~apparmor-dev/apparmor/master/revision/3648
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
bugs.launchpad.net / apparmor/+bug/1668892
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
people.canonical.com / ~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-6507.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97223