VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-9079

CVSS score4.7 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.32%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-05-19
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Primary references