Improper access control - CVE-2017-5637

 

Improper access control - CVE-2017-5637

Published: June 2, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6876
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5637
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
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Affected software:

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access constrictions to wchp/wchc service. A local user can consume all available CPU resource and perform denial of service (DoS) attack.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-5637


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