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CVE-2017-12172

PostgreSQL 10.x before 10.1, 9.6.x before 9.6.6, 9.5.x before 9.5.10, 9.4.x before 9.4.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.20, and 9.2.x before 9.2.24 runs under a non-root operating system account, and database superusers have effective ability to run arbitrary code under that system account. PostgreSQL provides a script for starting the database server during system boot. Packages of PostgreSQL for many operating systems provide their own, packager-authored startup implementations. Several implementations use a log file name that the database superuser can replace with a symbolic link. As root, they open(), chmod() and/or chown() this log file name. This often suffices for the database superuser to escalate to root privileges when root starts the server.

  • Published: Nov 22, 2017
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2017-12172
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.7
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.2
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.8 9.3.8.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.1 9.2.1.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.5.1 9.5.1.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.15 9.3.15.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.18 9.2.18.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.4.5 9.4.5.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3 9.3.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.13 9.2.13.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.5.7 9.5.7.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.9 9.2.9.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.12 9.2.12.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.11 9.3.11.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.5 9.3.5.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.5.5 9.5.5.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.2 9.3.2.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.15 9.2.15.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.6 9.2.6.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.6.2 9.6.2.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.11 9.2.11.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.3 9.2.3.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.4.2 9.4.2.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.4.8 9.4.8.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.6.3 9.6.3.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.7 9.3.7.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.4.4 9.4.4.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.6 9.3.6.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2 9.2.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.5.6 9.5.6.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.4.3 9.4.3.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.4 9.2.4.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.4.12 9.4.12.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.10 9.2.10.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.21 9.2.21.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.10 9.3.10.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.5.3 9.5.3.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.3 9.3.3.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.4.1 9.4.1.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.13 9.3.13.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.4.6 9.4.6.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.4.10 9.4.10.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.7 9.2.7.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.4 9.4.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.14 9.3.14.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.4.7 9.4.7.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.16 9.2.16.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.5.2 9.5.2.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.1 9.3.1.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.8 9.2.8.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.19 9.2.19.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.9 9.3.9.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.17 9.2.17.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.4 9.3.4.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.12 9.3.12.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.16 9.3.16.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.4.11 9.4.11.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.5 9.2.5.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.4.9 9.4.9.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.5 9.5.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.17 9.3.17.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.14 9.2.14.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.20 9.2.20.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.2 9.2.2.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.6.1 9.6.1.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.6 9.6.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.5.4 9.5.4.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.5.8 9.5.8.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.5.9 9.5.9.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.6.5 9.6.5.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.6.4 9.6.4.x
postgresql / postgresql 10 10.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.4.14 9.4.14.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.4.13 9.4.13.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.19 9.3.19.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.18 9.3.18.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.23 9.2.23.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.22 9.2.22.x