CVE-2017-14730

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.003 · 28 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.35% (28th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

18 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

The init script in the Gentoo app-admin/logstash-bin package before 5.5.3 and 5.6.x before 5.6.1 has "chown -R" calls for user-writable directory trees, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to a $LS_USER account for creation of a hard link.

cvss

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

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

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

v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.07.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-732USprimary

affected products (18)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
elasticsearch logstash= 5.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:logstash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elasticsearch logstash= 5.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:logstash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elasticsearch logstash= 5.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:logstash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elasticsearch logstash= 5.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:logstash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elasticsearch logstash= 5.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:logstash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elasticsearch logstash= 5.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:logstash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elasticsearch logstash= 5.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:logstash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elasticsearch logstash= 5.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:logstash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elasticsearch logstash= 5.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:logstash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elasticsearch logstash= 5.3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:logstash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elasticsearch logstash= 5.4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:logstash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elasticsearch logstash= 5.4.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:logstash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elasticsearch logstash= 5.4.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:logstash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elasticsearch logstash= 5.5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:logstash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elasticsearch logstash= 5.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:logstash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elasticsearch logstash= 5.5.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:logstash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elasticsearch logstash= 5.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:logstash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-09-25modified 2026-06-17

related (1,937)

Related entries.

ID	severity	EPSS	exploitable	published
CVE-2022-22960US	high7.8OT critical	35.5% (98th)	KEV	2022-04-13
VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper permissions in support scripts. A malicious actor…
CVE-2021-23874US	high7.8OT critical	1.03% (63rd)	KEV	2021-02-10
Arbitrary Process Execution vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.30 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges and execute arbitrary code bypassing MTP…
CVE-2019-15752US	high7.8OT critical	48.6% (99th)	KEV	2019-08-28
Docker Desktop Community Edition before 2.1.0.1 allows local users to gain privileges by placing a Trojan horse docker-credential-wincred.exe file in %PROGRAMDATA%\DockerDesktop\ve…
CVE-2018-13374US	medium4.3OT critical	38.1% (99th)	KEV	2019-01-22
A Improper Access Control in Fortinet FortiOS 6.0.2, 5.6.7 and before, FortiADC 6.1.0, 6.0.0 to 6.0.1, 5.4.0 to 5.4.4 allows attacker to obtain the LDAP server login credentials co…
CVE-2021-25646US	high8.8	99.1% (100th)	Exploit	2021-01-29
Apache Druid includes the ability to execute user-provided JavaScript code embedded in various types of requests. This functionality is intended for use in high-trust environments,…

+1932 more

references (13)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

scry

Attackers weaponise vulnerabilities like this against internet-exposed services. See what is exposed on your perimeter with a free passive scan.

Free scan