CVE-2017-18390

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

cPanel before 68.0.15 allows code execution in the context of the root account because of weak permissions on incremental backups (SEC-322).

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-275

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Aug 2, 2019
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

Related CVEs from 2017

CVE-2017-183912.5cPanel before 68.0.15 allows attackers to read backup files because they are world-readable during a short time interval (SEC-323).CVE-2017-183922.0cPanel before 68.0.15 allows collisions because PostgreSQL databases can be assigned to multiple accounts (SEC-325).CVE-2017-183932.7cPanel before 68.0.15 does not block a username of postmaster, which might allow reception of private e-mail (SEC-326).CVE-2017-183942.7cPanel before 68.0.15 does not have a sufficient list of reserved usernames (SEC-327).CVE-2017-183952.7cPanel before 68.0.15 does not block a username of ssl (SEC-328).CVE-2017-183965.5cPanel before 68.0.15 allows arbitrary file-read operations via Exim vdomainaliases (SEC-329).CVE-2017-183973.3cPanel before 68.0.15 does not preserve permissions for local backup transport (SEC-330).CVE-2017-183983.8DnsUtils in cPanel before 68.0.15 allows zone creation for hostname and account subdomains (SEC-331).CVE-2017-183993.7cPanel before 68.0.15 allows attackers to read root's crontab file during a short time interval upon enabling or disabling sqloptimizer (SECCVE-2017-184007.8cPanel before 68.0.15 allows local root code execution via cpdavd (SEC-333).CVE-2017-184012.7cPanel before 68.0.15 allows user accounts to be partially created with invalid username formats (SEC-334).CVE-2017-184025.4cPanel before 68.0.15 allows stored XSS during a cpaddons moderated upgrade (SEC-336).
CVE-2017-18390: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix