VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-9450

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.40%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-10-30
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) CloudFormation bootstrap tools package (aka aws-cfn-bootstrap) before 1.4-19.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by leveraging the ability to create files in an unspecified directory.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

Primary references