CVE-2017-9450
Public on 2017-07-25
Modified on 2024-02-10
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.
Severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | aws-cfn-bootstrap | 2017-07-25 | ALAS-2017-861 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | aws-cfn-bootstrap | 2017-08-31 | ALAS-2017-886 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | aws-cfn-bootstrap | Not Affected | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | aws-cfn-bootstrap | Not Affected |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |