CVE-2017-7480

critical
Published 2017-07-21 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
VIR risk
9.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed1.4.4-1
debian debianbookwormfixed1.4.4-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.4.4-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.4.4-1
debian debiansidfixed1.4.4-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.4.4-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
rootkit_hunter_projectrootkit_hunter{"endIncluding":"1.4.2"}

References

CWEs

CWE-300 CWE-417

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Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.