← Vulnerability feed

Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-15945 · published 27 October 2017

CVE-2017-15945: Mariadb incorrect permission assignment vulnerability

Mariadb · Mariadb

The installation scripts in the Gentoo dev-db/mysql, dev-db/mariadb, dev-db/percona-server, dev-db/mysql-cluster, and dev-db/mariadb-galera packages before 2017-09-29 have chown calls for user-writable directory trees, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to the mysql account for creation of a link.

7.8 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 0.37% · top 72.1% CWE-732 · Incorrect permission assignment
7.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 7.2
0.37%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The installation scripts in the Gentoo dev-db/mysql, dev-db/mariadb, dev-db/percona-server, dev-db/mysql-cluster, and dev-db/mariadb-galera packages before 2017-09-29 have chown calls for user-writable directory trees, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to the mysql account for creation of a link.

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://bugs.gentoo.org/630822 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-04 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.gentoo.org/630822 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-04 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

Track CVE-2017-15945 inside VULONE

Watch it alongside the ransomware crews, C2 infrastructure and forum chatter that reference it, query it through the API and pull it into your SIEM over TAXII.

Start free Open in platform

Related vulnerabilities

Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.

10.0CVE-2012-2750Oracle mysql vulnerabilityUnspecified vulnerability in MySQL 5.5.x before 5.5.23 has unknown impact and attack vectors related to a "Security Fix", aka Bug #59533. NOTE: this …EPSS 3.6%10.0CVE-2004-0627MySQL authentication bypass via zero-length scrambled stringThe check_scramble_323 function in MySQL 4.1.x before 4.1.3 and 5.0 fails to properly validate a zero-length scrambled authentication string, allowin…EPSS 70%analysed10.0CVE-2004-0628Mysql vulnerabilityStack-based buffer overflow in MySQL 4.1.x before 4.1.3, and 5.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute a…EPSS 7.8%9.9CVE-2026-32710Mariadb heap-based buffer overflow vulnerabilityMariaDB server is a community developed fork of MySQL server. An authenticated user can crash MariaDB versions 11.4 before 11.4.10 and 11.8 before 11…EPSS 0.80%9.8CVE-2026-49261Mariadb os command injection vulnerabilityMariaDB server is a community developed fork of MySQL server. Versions 10.6.1 through 10.6.26, 10.11.1 through 10.11.17, 11.4.1 through 11.4.11, 11.8…EPSS 1.7%9.8CVE-2023-26785Mariadb code injection vulnerabilityMariaDB v10.5 was discovered to contain a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability via UDF Code in a Shared Object File, followed by a "create funct…EPSS 2.2%9.8CVE-2016-9843Zlib vulnerabilityThe crc32_big function in crc32.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving big-endian C…EPSS 5.8%9.8CVE-2016-6662MySQL, MariaDB and Percona Server local privilege escalation via general_log_fileMySQL, MariaDB and Percona Server allow a local user to set general_log_file to a my.cnf configuration path, creating arbitrary configuration files a…EPSS 68%analysed

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-15945), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.