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CVE-2017-9270
post-auth arbitrary file write on cryptctl server
High8.7EPSS 1.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microfocus
Description
In cryptctl before version 2.0 a malicious server could send RPC requests that could overwrite files outside of the cryptctl key database.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microfocusCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High8.7 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.7.
Weakness
- A directory traversal due to insufficient parameter checking could allow malicious servers to get a cryptctl client overwrite and corrupt files outside of the key storage directory.
- CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-22 and its CVEs
- CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (3)
- SUSE-SU-2017:1865 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1041963 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-9270/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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