High severity · published Apr 4, 2017
CVE-2017-7412
NixOS 17.03 before 17.03.887 has a world-writable Docker socket, which allows local users to gain privileges by executing docker commands
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 30% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NI
Nixos · Nixos
17.03 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7412
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7412
Broken Link
http://lists.science.uu.nl/pipermail/nix-dev/2017-April/023329.html
Patch
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/6c59d851e2967410cc8fb6ba3f374b1d3efa988e
Patch
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/fa4fe7110566d8370983fa81f2b04a833339236d
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