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CVE-2017-9450

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.38%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-10-30 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2017-9450
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.38%

Original NVD Description

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.

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