{"cve":"CVE-2017-16638","nvd":{"published":"2017-11-06T23:29:00.297","modified":"2026-06-17T01:09:35.837","status":"Modified","description":"The Gentoo net-misc/vde package before version 2.3.2-r4 may allow members of the \"qemu\" group to gain root privileges by creating a hard link in a directory on which \"chown\" is called recursively by the OpenRC service script.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-732"],"references":["https://bugs.gentoo.org/603382","https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-11","https://bugs.gentoo.org/603382","https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-11"],"products":["vde_project:vde"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:47:01.408438353+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-16638","score":0.01354,"percentile":0.71591,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}