CVE-2017-7480
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 21, 2017 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:24 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsRootkit HunterHunter Project Rootkit Hunter
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
rkhunter versions before 1.4.4 are vulnerable to file download over insecure channel when doing mirror update resulting into potential remote code execution.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 1.4.2
v < 1.4.4
Affected range stops below 1.4.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/643Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-11CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-300CWE-417
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