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Missing Authorization

CVE-2017-9232

High
9.8/10

Summary

The package Juju uses a UNIX domain socket without setting appropriate permissions, allowing privilege escalation by users on the system to root. This issue affects versions through 1.25.11, 1.26-alpha1 through 1.26-alpha3, 2.0-alpha1 through 2.0.3, and 2.1-beta1 through 2.1.2, 2.2-alpha1, 2.2-beta1 through 2.2-beta4.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

The missing authorization vulnerability occurs when a software program allows users to access privileged parts of the program without verifying the user credentials. Impact of such a vulnerability depends on the resources employed by the software, ranging from account takeover to sensitive information exposure, denial of service, and complete system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published