CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-10940
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-10-31
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22, CWE-434
Description
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Joyent Smart Data Center prior to [email protected] (e469cf49-4de3-4658-8419-ab42837916ad). An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the docker API. The process does not properly validate user-supplied data which can allow for the upload of arbitrary files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-3853.
Affected configurations
• joyent triton datacenter
Related
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99510 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://help.joyent.com/hc/en-us/articles/115009649927-Security-Advisory-ZDI-CAN-3853-Docker-File-Overwrite-Vulnerability Vendor Advisory
- https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-453 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99510 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://help.joyent.com/hc/en-us/articles/115009649927-Security-Advisory-ZDI-CAN-3853-Docker-File-Overwrite-Vulnerability Vendor Advisory
- https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-453 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry