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    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.

    Published:Oct 30, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Oct 30, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00173
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Amazon
    Product
    Amazon Web Services Cloudformation Bootstrap

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High