CVE-2017-7412 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

NixOS 17.03 before 17.03.887 has a world-writable Docker socket, which allows local users to gain privileges by executing docker commands.

Published: 2017-04-04

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:nixos:nixos:17.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-16436	NixOS 17.03 before 17.03.887 has a world-writable Docker socket, which allows local users to gain privileges by executing docker commands.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00045.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.science.uu.nl/pipermail/nix-dev/2017-April/023329.html
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/6c59d851e2967410cc8fb6ba3f374b1d3efa988e
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/fa4fe7110566d8370983fa81f2b04a833339236d

History

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Subscriptions

Nixos Nixos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-04-04T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:04:11.337Z

Reserved: 2017-04-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7412

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-04T00:59:00.160

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-7412

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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