CVE-2017-9450

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CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p31

Published

Oct 30, 2017 (Oct 30, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: amazon
Products: amazon web services cloudformation bootstrap
Weakness: CWE-269
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.4%)

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