It was found that versions of rpm before 4.13.0.2 use temporary files with predictable names when installing an RPM. An attacker with ability to write in a directory where files will be installed could create symbolic links to an arbitrary location and modify content, and possibly permissions to arbitrary files, which could be used for denial of service or possibly privilege escalation.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2017-11-22T22:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T00:02:20.679Z

Reserved: 2017-04-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-7501

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-11-22T22:29:00.270

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:32:01.540

Link: CVE-2017-7501

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-07-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-7501 - Bugzilla