CVE-2017-5618
highpriority · track · 31OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.011 · 65 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.09% (65th) EPSS
CVSS 7.2 · high
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
GNU screen before 4.5.1 allows local users to modify arbitrary files and consequently gain root privileges by leveraging improper checking of logfile permissions.
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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
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
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weaknesses
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affected products (2)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (18)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/patch/?id=1c6d2817926d30c9a7a97d99af7ac5de4a5845b8cnnvd
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/tree/src/ChangeLog?h=v.4.5.1cnnvd
- http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50142cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/3cnnvd
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-devel/2017-01/msg00025.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95873cnnvd
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/patch/?id=1c6d2817926d30c9a7a97d99af7ac5de4a5845b8enisa_euvd
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/tree/src/ChangeLog?h=v.4.5.1enisa_euvd
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