CVE-2017-6590

mediumpriority · track · 25OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 20 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.28% (20th) EPSS

CVSS 6.9 · medium

Is it mine?

18 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An issue was discovered in network-manager-applet (aka network-manager-gnome) in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 14.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS, and 16.10. A local attacker could use this issue at the default Ubuntu login screen to access local files and execute arbitrary commands as the lightdm user. The exploitation requires physical access to the locked computer and the Wi-Fi must be turned on. An access point that lets you use a certificate to login is required as well, but it's easy to create one. Then, it's possible to open a nautilus window and browse directories. One also can open some applications such as Firefox, which is useful for downloading malicious binaries.

cvss

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

6.9

010

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

v2.06.9mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 10

v3.06.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.4 · impact 5.9

v3.05.8mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/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-863USprimary

affected products (18)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Open Source Linux Kernel <4.10.1all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Linux Kernel <4.8.14all versionscert_bundDE
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:v.7.3:aus
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2.0
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts
Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts
Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04_lts
Ubuntu Linux 16.10all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.10
Open Source Linux Kernel< 4.10.1cert_bundDE
Open Source Linux Kernel< 4.8.14cert_bundDE
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
canonical ubuntu linux= 12.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 14.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 16.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 16.10nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-0117Linux Kernel: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2017-03-07csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um administrative Privilegien zu erlangen, einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen oder Sicherheitsmechanismen zu umgehen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-03-09modified 2026-06-17

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references (15)

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