{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7572 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2017-7572 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Apr 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2017-7572 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2017-7572 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Apr 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7572 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7572/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7572/index.md)","id":"CVE-2017-7572","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7572/index.md","name":"CVE-2017-7572","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7572","GHSA-gq8h-7hr7-25cg","openSUSE-SU-2024:10647-1"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Back In Time backup tool","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A race condition in Back In Time allows local attackers to bypass polkit authorization checks and escalate privileges by exploiting process replacement timing.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"race_condition"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"backintime","vendor":"backintime_project"}],"cvss":{"score":8.1,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-362","name":"Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization"}],"description":"The _checkPolkitPrivilege function in serviceHelper.py in Back In Time (aka backintime) 1.1.18 and earlier uses a deprecated polkit authorization method (unix-process) that is subject to a race condition (time of check, time of use). With this authorization method, the owner of a process requesting a polkit operation is checked by polkitd via /proc/\u003cpid\u003e/status, by which time the requesting process may have been replaced by a different process with the same PID that has different privileges then the original requester.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Race condition in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-7572","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"race_condition","year":"2017"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Hardcoded credentials in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-7574"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cross-site request forgery in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-7571"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2017-04-06","related":[{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Command injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-16667","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-11-08"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-16","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"A race condition in Back In Time allows local attackers to bypass polkit authorization checks and escalate privileges by exploiting process replacement timing.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7572/"}