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CVE-2017-9525
CVE-2017-9525
PUBLISHED
In the cron package through 3.0pl1-128 on Debian, and through 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2 on Ubuntu, the postinst maintainer script allows for group-crontab-to-root privilege escalation via symlink attacks against unsafe usage of the chown and chmod programs.
EPSS 0.06% · 19.7th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.06%
19.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | cron | 3.0pl1-124ubuntu2, 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | cron | 0, 3.0pl1-128ubuntu5, 3.0pl1-128.1ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | cron | 3.0pl1-128ubuntu1, 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2, * |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Jun 9, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9525 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/08/3 third-party-advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/864466 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5259-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5259-2 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5259-3 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9525 third-party-advisory