CVE-2017-14804 | package builds could use directory traversal to write outside of target area

The build package before 20171128 did not check directory names during extraction of build results that allowed untrusted builds to write outside of the target system,allowing escape out of buildroots.

Published: 2018-03-01 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-14804 is rated High Risk (67.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.74%). EPSS rose +1.31% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-14804

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.43% 1.74% +1.31%
2 2025-03-30 0.61% 0.43% -0.18%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.61% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-14804

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.9 3.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.1 6.0 [email protected]
5.3 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 1.4 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-14804

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-14804

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2017-14804 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (obs-build), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14804
suse high CVE-2017-14804 severity important: SUSE including 34 source package names (build-20171128-8.3.3, build-20171128-9.3.2, …), 53 product×package rows across 16 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1, … (16 product lines)): Fixed 53. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14804/
ubuntu medium CVE-2017-14804 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (obs-build), 20 status rows across 20 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 15, needed 2, DNE 1, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14804

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-14804

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 42.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 42.3 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-14804

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