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medium 5.5

CVE-2017-7560 json

It was found that rhnsd PID files are created as world-writable that allows local attackers to fill the disks or to kill selected processes.

published 2017-09-13 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-16566

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 18%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

It was found that rhnsd PID files are created as world-writable that allows local attackers to fill the disks or to kill selected processes.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-7560 updated cvss 5.5

rhnsd: World-writable PID files

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 rhnsd Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 rhnsd Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 rhnsd
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

  • Red Hat, Inc. rhnsd

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-377 DEPRECATED: Insecure Temporary File
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.