Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU7206

Privilege escalation in Linux kernel - CVE-2017-7518

Published: June 26, 2017 / Updated: November 21, 2017

Vulnerability identifier: #VU7206

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7518

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Linux Foundation

Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows an local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the guest system.

The weakness exists due to debug exception error in syscall emulation. A attacker can gain system privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in privilege escalation.

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