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cve[email protected]CVE-2017-9525
HistoryJun 09, 2017 - 4:29 p.m.

CVE-2017-9525

2017-06-0916:29:02
CWE-59
web.nvd.nist.gov
94
cve
cron
package
privilege escalation
symlink attacks
nvd
chown
chmod
debian
ubuntu

6.9 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

6.7 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

6.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

26.8%

In the cron package through 3.0pl1-128 on Debian, and through 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2 on Ubuntu, the postinst maintainer script allows for group-crontab-to-root privilege escalation via symlink attacks against unsafe usage of the chown and chmod programs.

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
cron_projectcronRange3.0pl1-128.
AND
canonicalubuntu_linux
OR
debiandebian_linux
Node
debiandebian_linuxMatch8.0
OR
debiandebian_linuxMatch9.0

6.9 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

6.7 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

6.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

26.8%