CVE-2017-9780

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-9780
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-21 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Flatpak before 0.8.7, a third-party app repository could include malicious apps that contain files with inappropriate permissions, for example setuid or world-writable. The files are deployed with those permissions, which would let a local attacker run the setuid executable or write to the world-writable location. In the case of the "system helper" component, files deployed as part of the app are owned by root, so in the worst case they could be setuid root.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Flatpak Flatpak All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
handling suid/world-writable content · Issue #845 · flatpak/flatpak · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Flatpak CVE-2017-9780 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3895-1 flatpak DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
#865413 - flatpak: CVE-2017-9780: Flatpak security issue - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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