CVE-2019-17365

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p37

Published

Oct 9, 2019 (Oct 9, 2019)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

Nix through 2.3 allows local users to gain access to an arbitrary user's account because the parent directory of the user-profile directories is world writable.

Vendors: nixos
Products: nix
Weakness: CWE-276
Vector: CVSS:3.1/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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