CVE-2017-9450

High

Description

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) CloudFormation bootstrap tools package (aka aws-cfn-bootstrap) before 1.4-19.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by leveraging the ability to create files in an unspecified directory.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductAmazon Web Services Cloudformation Bootstrap
PublishedOct 30, 2017
First seenOct 30, 2017

How to fix

Update
  • amazon amazon_web_services_cloudformation_bootstrap1.4-19.10 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
amazon amazon_web_services_cloudformation_bootstrapv < 1.4-19.101.4-19.10

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