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CVE-2017-5200 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE-2017-5200

HIGH8.8

Salt-api in SaltStack Salt before 2015

Published Sep 26, 2017

Modified 1 years ago

No fix available

Details

Salt-api in SaltStack Salt before 2015.8.13, 2016.3.x before 2016.3.5, and 2016.11.x before 2016.11.2 allows arbitrary command execution on a salt-master via Salt's ssh_client.

References

WEBhttps://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.3/topics/releases/2015.8.13.html WEBhttps://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.3/topics/releases/2016.3.5.html WEBhttps://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.2.html ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5200

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

8.8

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

LowPR:L

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

8.8/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Timeline

PublishedSep 26, 2017

ModifiedAug 5, 2024