CVE-2017-5330 [High] | Command Injection in Fedora

CVE-2017-5330 is rated High Exploit Risk (69/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.52%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2025-11-29	0.86%	0.52%	-0.34%
2	2025-11-28	1.17%	0.86%	-0.31%
3	2025-11-21	—	1.17%	—

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Old EPSS score

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2025-11-29

0.86%

0.52%

-0.34%

2025-11-28

1.17%

0.86%

-0.31%

2025-11-21

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1.17%

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Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
7.8	3.0	HIGH	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. 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]
6.8	2.0	MEDIUM	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P` Click to expand Access vector (AV:N) Can be exploited remotely over network reachability. Access complexity (AC:M) Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones. 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.	8.6	6.4	[email protected]

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7.8

3.0

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
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]

6.8

2.0

MEDIUM

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

Access vector (AV:N): Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M): Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.

8.6

6.4

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-5330

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2017-5330 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ark), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5330
`gentoo`	normal	CVE-2017-5330: 1 GLSA(s) (201701-69), 1 atom(s) (kde-apps/ark); latest impact normal.	https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2017-5330
`redhat`	medium	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5330
`suse`	medium	CVE-2017-5330 severity moderate: SUSE including 2 source package names (ark-15.12.3-8.1, libkerfuffle15-15.12.3-8.1), 2 product×package rows across 1 product lines (SUSE Package Hub 12 SP1): Fixed 2.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5330/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2017-5330 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ark), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety): released 2, DNE 1, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5330

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-5330

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
fedoraproject	fedora	25	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:::::::*
kde	ark	<= 16.12	cpe:2.3:a:kde:ark::::::::

References for CVE-2017-5330

URL	Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/10/2	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95349	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=374572	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://cgit.kde.org/ark.git/commit/?id=82fdfd24d46966a117fa625b68784735a40f9065	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NIMZUCG6IQR5S65IVQOXQFQV7TMVSYAT/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-69	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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CVE-2017-5330

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2017-5330

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-5330

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-5330

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-5330

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-5330

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-5330

References for CVE-2017-5330