Home/CVE/Dropbear before 2017.75 might allow local users to read certain files as root, if the file has the authorized_keys file
CVE

CVE-2017-9079

Dropbear before 2017.75 might allow local users to read certain files as root, if the file has the authorized_keys file

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7 EPSS 0.00057
Monitor
  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
⬡

Weakness Classification

CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
▤

Affected Products & Versions

2
dropbear ssh project dropbear ssh< 2017.75
debian linuxall versions
▣

Scoring & Timeline

4.7
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org
View on NVD
Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD19 May 2017 · 02:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
🔗

References & Sources

3
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2017q2/001985.htmlMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3859Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0006/
Intelligence Graph · click any node to traverse
CVETechnique ActorTool Family
drag to reposition · click any node to traverse · button top-right enlarges
External lookups - second-class, for what we don’t hold ourselves
NVDCVE.orgCISAVulnersExploit-DBGitHub PoCVulnCheck KEVGreyNoise
Vulnerabilities
CISA KEV catalog
CWE weaknesses
CAPEC attack patterns
Package vulnerabilities
Threat intelligence
Threat actors
Tools & malware
ATT&CK techniques
IOCs
Detection & defense
Sigma rules
YARA rules
Atomic Red Team tests
D3FEND countermeasures
Compliance
NIST 800-53
ISO 27001:2022
SOC 2 TSC
PCI-DSS v4.0
CIS Controls v8.1
About
All capabilities
Live statistics
Data sources
Privacy policy
Terms of service
threatengine.sh  ·  Open-source threat intelligence platform  ·  100+ authoritative sources  ·  Every fact traces to its origin