UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9079
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9079
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9079.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9079
- Upstream
- Published
- 2017-05-19T14:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-07-18T16:43:59Z
- Severity
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- 4.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - medium
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Dropbear before 2017.75 might allow local users to read certain files as root, if the file has the authorizedkeys file format with a command= option. This occurs because ~/.ssh/authorizedkeys is read with root privileges and symlinks are followed.
- References