CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-7496

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

fedora-arm-installer up to version 1.99.16 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation due to lack of checking the error condition of mount operation failure on unsafely created temporary directories.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may allow local users to gain elevated privileges, posing a serious security risk to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update fedora-arm-installer to a version that fixes this vulnerability and to implement proper error checking when creating temporary directories.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

fedora-arm-installer up to and including 1.99.16 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation due to lack of checking the error condition of mount operation failure on unsafely created temporary directories.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS