CVE-2017-9079

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    CVE-2017-9079

    Published: 19 May 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3859, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0006/, http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2017q2/001985.html

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    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