Vulnerability Details 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 format with a command= option. This occurs because ~/.ssh/authorized_keys is read with root privileges and symlinks are followed.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 33.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 4.7
CVSS v2 Score 4.7
Products affected by CVE-2017-9079
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.28
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.29
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.30
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.31
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.32
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.33
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.34
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.35
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.36
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.37
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.38
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.39
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.40
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.41
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.42
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.43
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.44
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.45
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.46
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.47
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.48
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.48.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.49
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.50
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.51
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.52
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.53
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:0.53.1
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:2011.54
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:2012.54
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:2012.55
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:2013.56
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:2013.57
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:2013.58
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:2013.59
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:2013.60
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:2013.61
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:2013.62
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:2014.63
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:2014.64
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:2014.65
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:2014.66
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:2015.67
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:2015.68
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:2015.69
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:2015.70
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:2015.71
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:2016.72
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:2016.73
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cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:2016.74
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0