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CVE-2017-9079Not scoredCWE-732

CVE-2017-9079: Dropbear Ssh Project vulnerability

Dropbear Ssh Project · Dropbear Ssh

Fixed in 2017.75 · Affected: Dropbear Ssh Project before 2017.75 · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

0.3%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
24th percentile
050100

Higher than 24% of scored CVEs

Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

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Exploitation
Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public check
No public nuclei template
Published
May 2017

CoverageNo articles yet

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