CVE-2017-9780

N/A
Published: June 21, 2017 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:28 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxFlatpak

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

In Flatpak before 0.8.7, a third-party app repository could include malicious apps that contain files with inappropriate permissions, for example setuid or world-writable. The files are deployed with those permissions, which would let a local attacker run the setuid executable or write to the world-writable location. In the case of the "system helper" component, files deployed as part of the app are owned by root, so in the worst case they could be setuid root.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (4)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3895
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99346
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/865413
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues/845

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-732

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