PT-2017-18929 · Amazon · Aws-Cfn-Bootstrap

Published 2017-10-30 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-9450

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions aws-cfn-bootstrap versions prior to 1.4-19.10

Description The issue allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by leveraging the ability to create files in an unspecified directory.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.4-19.10, update to version 1.4-19.10 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-9450

Affected Products

Aws-Cfn-Bootstrap

References · 5

• https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2017-861.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9450 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9450 · Vendor Advisory
• https://sintonen.fi/advisories/aws-cfn-bootstrap-local-code-execution-as-root.txt · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/99972 · Note