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CVE-2017-15405

7.0 · HIGH

Inappropriate symlink handling and a race condition in the stateful recovery feature implementation could lead to a persistance established by a malicious code running with root privileges in crypt…

Published Jan 9, 2019CWE-362EPSS 0.18%

Overview

CVE-2017-15405 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on January 9, 2019 and has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 7.0 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 7.0, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical description

Inappropriate symlink handling and a race condition in the stateful recovery feature implementation could lead to a persistance established by a malicious code running with root privileges in cryptohomed in Google Chrome on Chrome OS prior to 61.0.3163.113 allowed a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Refchromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/10/stable-channel-updates-for-chrome-os.htmlRefcrbug.com/766276Refchromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/10/stable-channel-updates-for-chrome-os.htmlRefcrbug.com/766276

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15405?

CVE-2017-15405 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on January 9, 2019 and has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 7.0 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2017-15405?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 7.0, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2017-15405?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2017-15405?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2017-15405 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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