CVE-2017-15918

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—Exploit

Severity7.8High · CVSS 3.0

Exploitation probability1.15 %higher than 67% of CVEs

Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog

Public exploitAvailablePublished on Exploit-DB

Sera 1.2 stores the user's login password in plain text in their home directory. This makes privilege escalation trivial and also exposes the user and system keychains to local attacks.

CVSS

Base score: 7.8
Version: 3.0
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.15 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 67
Score date: 10/23/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Published on Exploit-DB · Sera 1.2 - Local Privilege Escalation / Password Disclosure (12/6/2017)

Affected technologies (1)

Ignitum — Sera

CWEs

CWE-522

References

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