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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-2663

It was found that subscription-manager's DBus interface before 1.19.4 let unprivileged user access the com.redhat.RHSM1.Facts.GetFacts and com.redhat.RHSM1.Config.Set methods. An unprivileged local attacker could use these methods to gain access to private information, or launch a privilege escalation attack.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:53 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-2663

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Jul 2018, 20:29 UTC

It was found that subscription-manager's DBus interface before 1.19.4 let unprivileged user access the com.redhat.RHSM1.Facts.GetFacts and com.redhat.RHSM1.Config.Set methods. An unprivileged local attacker could use these methods to gain access to private information, or launch a privilege escalation attack.

osv:CVE-2017-2663
Complete source record
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