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Vulnerability details: VCID-aara-bj3g-aaac
Vulnerability ID VCID-aara-bj3g-aaac
Aliases CVE-2017-9079
Summary Dropbear before 2017.75 might allow local users to read certain files as root, if the file has the authorized_keys file format with a command= option. This occurs because ~/.ssh/authorized_keys is read with root privileges and symlinks are followed.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
System Score Found at
generic_textual Medium http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2017q2/001985.html
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generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9078
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9079
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES
generic_textual MODERATE https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES
cvssv2 4.7 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9079
cvssv3 4.7 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9079
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2017q2/001985.html
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-9079.html
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9079
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9078
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9079
https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0006/
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3859
862970 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=862970
cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-9079 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9079
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9079
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9079
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.05128
EPSS Score 0.00042
Published At Nov. 1, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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