CVE-2017-9232

Summary

CVECVE-2017-9232
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-05-28 00:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionJuju before 1.25.12, 2.0.x before 2.0.4, and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 uses a UNIX domain socket without setting appropriate permissions, allowing privilege escalation by users on the system to root.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-862 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.0 All All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.0 alpha1 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.0 alpha2 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.0 beta1 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.0 beta10 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.0 beta11 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.0 beta12 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.0 beta13 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.0 beta14 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.0 beta15 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.0 beta16 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.0 beta17 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.0 beta18 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.0 beta2 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.0 beta3 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.0 beta4 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.0 beta5 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.0 beta6 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.0 beta7 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.0 beta8 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.0 beta9 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.0 rc1 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.0 rc2 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.0 rc3 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.1 All All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.2 All All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.0.3 All All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.1.0 All All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.1.0 beta1 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.1.0 beta2 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.1.0 beta3 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.1.0 beta4 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.1.0 beta5 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.1.0 rc1 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.1.0 rc2 All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.1.1 All All All
Application Canonical Juju 2.1.2 All All All
Application Canonical Juju All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Juju-run Agent - Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) - Linux local Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Bug #1682411 “juju-run unit root escalation vulnerability” : Bugs : juju af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Juju CVE-2017-8849 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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