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CVE-2017-9079

Published: May 19, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-732
NVD MITRE
4.7CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 78.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-732

Affected Products

n/an/a
Dropbear SSHMatt Johnston
On-prem
Communications / email-server-client
dropbear sshdropbear ssh project
On-prem
Security Products / secure-gateway-vpn
debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
matt johnstonoss-projectCommunicationsaka dropbear ssh
dropbear ssh projectoss-projectSecurity Productsaka dropbear ssh
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3859
debian.org
http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2017q2/001985.html
lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0006/
security.netapp.com
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Timeline

Published
May 19, 2017
Last Updated
May 13, 2026

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