CVE-2017-9286

HIGH

openSUSE Leap - Privilege Escalation via Unsafe /srv/www/htdocs Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The packaging of NextCloud in openSUSE used /srv/www/htdocs in an unsafe manner, which could have allowed scripts running as wwwrun user to escalate privileges to root during nextcloud package upgrade.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00010.html
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-9286/
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036756

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 43.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (1)
opensuse/leap 42.3
Published Mar 01, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026