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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3859
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2017q2/001985.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0006/
Scores
CVSS v3
4.7
EPSS
0.0030
EPSS Percentile
21.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-732
Status
published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
dropbear_ssh_project/dropbear_ssh
< 2017.75
Published
May 19, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026