Vulnerability Details CVE-2017-9450
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 39.3%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
CVSS v2 Score 7.2
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99972
- https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2017-861.html
- https://sintonen.fi/advisories/aws-cfn-bootstrap-local-code-execution-as-root.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99972
- https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2017-861.html
- https://sintonen.fi/advisories/aws-cfn-bootstrap-local-code-execution-as-root.txt
Products affected by CVE-2017-9450
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cpe:2.3:a:amazon:amazon_web_services_cloudformation_bootstrap:-