CVE-2017-12172

highpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.006 · 48 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.59% (48th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

104 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.1–7.2

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.06.7mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.9

v3.06.1mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.16.7mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimaryCWE-59US

affected products (104)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Dell NetWorker <19.11.0.6all versionscert_bundDE
Dell NetWorker <19.12.0.1all versionscert_bundDE
IBM Security Verify Access 10.0.0.0 - 10.0.6.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:security_verify_access:10.0.0.0_-_10.0.6.1
Open Source CentOSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:centos:centos:-
Open Source PostgreSQL 10.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:10.1
Open Source PostgreSQL 9.2.24all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.24
Open Source PostgreSQL 9.3.20all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.20
Open Source PostgreSQL 9.4.15all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.15
Open Source PostgreSQL 9.5.10all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.10
Open Source PostgreSQL 9.6.6all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:9.6.6
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Dell Networker< 19.11.0.6cert_bundDE
Dell Networker< 19.12.0.1cert_bundDE
Red Hat, Inc. 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, 9.2.x before 9.2.24enisa_euvdEU
PostgreSQL Global Development Group PostgreSQL≤ 10.x до 10.1fstec_bduRU
PostgreSQL Global Development Group PostgreSQL≤ 9.3.x до 9.3.20fstec_bduRU

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2024-0143PostgreSQL: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2017-11-09csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler oder entfernter authenitisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in PostgreSQL ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, vertrauliche Daten einzusehen, Daten zu manipulieren, einen Denial of Serivce auszulösen oder Sicherheitsmechanismen zu umgehen.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-11-22modified 2026-06-17

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references (27)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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