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CVE-2017-1000249

Published: Sep 11, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
NVD MITRE
5.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 68.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

An issue in file() was introduced in commit 9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d1 (Oct 2016) lets an attacker overwrite a fixed 20 bytes stack buffer with a specially crafted .notes section in an ELF binary. This was fixed in commit 35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793 (Aug 2017).

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

n/an/a
filefile project
Library
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
file projectoss-projectOperating Systems

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://github.com/file/file/commit/35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793
github.com
https://github.com/file/file/commit/9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d
github.com
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3965
debian.org
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Timeline

Published
Sep 11, 2017
Last Updated
May 13, 2026

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