CVE-2017-18225

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CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p19

Published

Mar 12, 2018 (Mar 12, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The Gentoo net-im/jabberd2 package through 2.6.1 installs jabberd, jabberd2-c2s, jabberd2-router, jabberd2-s2s, and jabberd2-sm in /usr/bin owned by the jabber account, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this account and then waiting for root to execute one of these programs.

Vendors: jabberd2
Products: jabberd2
Weakness: CWE-732
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.3%)

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