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CVE-2017-7501

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7501 describes a vulnerability in rpm versions prior to 4.13.0.2, where predictable temporary file names during RPM installation could allow a local attacker to create symbolic links to arbitrary files. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) could lead to denial of service or privilege escalation by modifying file content or permissions. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.13.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
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
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 71st 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: rpm
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rpm
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rpm

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-7501Moderate

rpm: Following symlinks to files when installing packages allows privilege escalation

Jul 3, 2017

References

github.com / rpm-software-management/rpm/commit/404ef011c300207cdb1e531670384564aae04bdc
Issue TrackingPatch
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201811-22