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CVE-2017-9079

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7 EPSS 0.30%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-05-19 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2017-9079
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.7
EPSS
0.30%

Original NVD Description

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.