CVE-2017-9450

aws-cfn-bootstrap Local Code Execution

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) CloudFormation bootstrap tools package (aka aws-cfn-bootstrap) before 1.4-19.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by leveraging the ability to create files in an unspecified directory.

Las versiones anteriores a la 1.4-19.10 del paquete de herramientas de arranque Amazon Web Services (AWS) CloudFormation, también conocido como aws-cfn-bootstrap, permiten que usuarios locales ejecuten código arbitrario con privilegios root aprovechando la habilidad para crear archivos en un directorio sin especificar.

aws-cfn-bootstrap versions prior to 1.4-22.14 suffer from a local code execution vulnerability.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-06-06 CVE Reserved
2017-10-30 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99972	Third Party Advisory
https://sintonen.fi/advisories/aws-cfn-bootstrap-local-code-execution-as-root.txt	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2017-861.html	2019-10-03

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Amazon Search vendor "Amazon"		Amazon Web Services Cloudformation Bootstrap Search vendor "Amazon" for product "Amazon Web Services Cloudformation Bootstrap"				< 1.4-19.10 Search vendor "Amazon" for product "Amazon Web Services Cloudformation Bootstrap" and version " < 1.4-19.10"		-		Affected