Vulnerability in Dropbear SSH Project
CVE-2017-9079
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (22.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 22.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Dropbear SSH Project
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3859 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2017q2/001985.html (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0006/
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-9079?
- CVE-2017-9079 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dropbear SSH Project, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-05-19.
- How severe is CVE-2017-9079?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.