CVE-2017-15108 [High] | Command Injection in Spice-Vdagent

spice-vdagent up to and including 0.17.0 does not properly escape save directory before passing to shell, allowing local attacker with access to the session the agent runs in to inject arbitrary commands to be executed.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2025-03-30	0.32%	0.13%	-0.19%
2	2025-03-29	0.06%	0.32%	+0.26%
3	2024-12-17	—	0.06%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2025-03-30

0.32%

0.13%

-0.19%

2025-03-29

0.06%

0.32%

+0.26%

2024-12-17

—

0.06%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
7.8	3.1	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. 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:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. 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.	1.8	5.9	[email protected]
4.6	2.0	MEDIUM	`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P` Click to expand Access vector (AV:L) Requires local access to the target system. Access complexity (AC:L) Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable. Authentication (AU:N) No authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:P) Partial confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:P) Partial integrity impact. Availability impact (A:P) Partial availability impact.	3.9	6.4	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

7.8

3.1

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
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:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
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.

1.8

5.9

[email protected]

4.6

2.0

MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand

Access vector (AV:L): Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L): Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N): No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P): Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P): Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P): Partial availability impact.

3.9

6.4

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-15108

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2017-15108 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (spice-vdagent), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15108
`gentoo`	normal	CVE-2017-15108: 1 GLSA(s) (201804-09), 1 atom(s) (app-emulation/spice-vdagent); latest impact normal.	https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2017-15108
`redhat`	low	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15108
`suse`	high	CVE-2017-15108 severity important: SUSE including 11 source package names (spice-vdagent, spice-vdagent-0.16.0-8.5.15, …), 39 product×package rows across 39 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 6, … (39 product lines)): Fixed 26, Known Not Affected 13.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15108/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2017-15108 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (spice-vdagent), 21 status rows across 21 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): released 16, ignored 2, DNE 1, needed 1, pending 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15108

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-15108

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
spice-space	spice-vdagent	<= 0.17.0	cpe:2.3:a:spice-space:spice-vdagent::::::::
debian	debian_linux	9.0	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*

References for CVE-2017-15108

URL	Tags
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/linux/vd_agent/commit/?id=8ba174816d245757e743e636df357910e1d5eb61	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00012.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-09	Third Party Advisory

URL

CVE-2017-15108

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-15108

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-15108

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-15108

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-15108

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-15108

References for CVE-2017-15108