CVE-2017-7412
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 4, 2017 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNixos
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.science.uu.nl/pipermail/nix-dev/2017-April/023329.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/6c59d851e2967410cc8fb6ba3f374b1d3efa988ex_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/fa4fe7110566d8370983fa81f2b04a833339236dCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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