CVE-2017-8934 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

PCManFM 1.2.5 insecurely uses /tmp for a socket file, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service (application unavailability).

Published: 2017-05-15

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pcmanfm_project:pcmanfm:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-17874	PCManFM 1.2.5 insecurely uses /tmp for a socket file, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service (application unavailability).

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00136.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.debian.org/862571
https://git.lxde.org/gitweb/?p=lxde/pcmanfm.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bc8c3d871e9ecc67c47ff002b68cf049793faf08

History

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Subscriptions

Pcmanfm Project Pcmanfm

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-05-15T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:01:04.078Z

Reserved: 2017-05-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-8934

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-15T14:29:00.387

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:27:13.737

Link: CVE-2017-8934

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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