What is CVE-2017-10600?

CVE-2017-10600 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu-Image, classified under Session Fixation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-07-11.

How severe is CVE-2017-10600?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu-Image

CVE-2017-10600

ubuntu-image 1.0 before 2017-07-07, when invoked as non-root, creates files in the resulting image with the uid of the invoking user. When the resulting image is booted, a local attacker with the same uid as the image creator has unintended access to cloud-init and snapd directories.

EPSS: 0.003 (20.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu-image — versions 1.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-384 — Session Fixation

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-10600?: CVE-2017-10600 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu-Image, classified under Session Fixation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-07-11.
How severe is CVE-2017-10600?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.