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CVE-2017-10600

ubuntu-image 1.0 before 2017-07-07, when invoked as non-root, creates files in the resulting...

5.9 Medium

CVE-2017-10600 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Canonical Ubuntu-image, published July 11, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.29%, the 21st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
5.9 MediumCVSS 3.0, NVD
Exploit chance
0.29%EPSS, 21st percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

ubuntu-image 1.0 before 2017-07-07, when invoked as non-root, creates files in the resulting image with the uid of the invoking user. When the resulting image is booted, a local attacker with the same uid as the image creator has unintended access to cloud-init and snapd directories.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

Exploit likelihood

0.29%Up 0.1 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ubuntu-image
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.9+16.04ubuntu10.11+16.04ubuntu10.12+16.04ubuntu10.14+16.04ubuntu20.15+16.04ubuntu1
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1.0+16.04ubuntu11.1+16.04ubuntu41.3+16.04ubuntu21.4+16.04ubuntu21.5+16.04ubuntu11.6+16.04ubuntu11.7+16.04ubuntu11.8+16.04ubuntu11.9+16.04ubuntu11.10+16.04ubuntu11.11+16.04ubuntu1
None known

What each source reports

NVD Score used5.9

ubuntu-image 1.0 before 2017-07-07, when invoked as non-root, creates files in the resulting image with the uid of the invoking user. When the resulting image is booted, a local attacker with the same uid as the image creator has unintended access to cloud-init and snapd directories.

Record
CVE-2017-10600
CVSS 3.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 2.0
4.6 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-384
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

ubuntu-image 1.0 before 2017-07-07, when invoked as non-root, creates files in the resulting image with the uid of the invoking user. When the resulting image is booted, a local attacker with the same uid as the image creator has unintended access to cloud-init and snapd directories.

Record
CVE-2017-10600
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-2247No score

ubuntu-image 1.0 before 2017-07-07, when invoked as non-root, creates files in the resulting image with the uid of the invoking user. When the resulting image is booted, a local attacker with the same uid as the image creator has unintended access to cloud-init and snapd directories.

Record
EUVD-2017-2247
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-759q-44f5-mjxr5.9

ubuntu-image 1.0 before 2017-07-07, when invoked as non-root, creates files in the resulting...

ubuntu-image 1.0 before 2017-07-07, when invoked as non-root, creates files in the resulting image with the uid of the invoking user. When the resulting image is booted, a local attacker with the same uid as the image creator has unintended access to cloud-init and snapd directories.

Record
GHSA-759q-44f5-mjxr
CVSS 3.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness
CWE-384
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-106005.9

ubuntu-image 1.0 before 2017-07-07, when invoked as non-root, creates files in the resulting image with the uid of the invoking user. When the resulting image is booted, a local attacker with the same uid as the image creator has unintended access to cloud-init and snapd directories.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10600
CVSS 3.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
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aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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