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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.science.uu.nl/pipermail/nix-dev/2017-April/023329.html	Broken Link
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/6c59d851e2967410cc8fb6ba3f374b1d3efa988e	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/fa4fe7110566d8370983fa81f2b04a833339236d	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lists.science.uu.nl/pipermail/nix-dev/2017-April/023329.html	Broken Link
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/6c59d851e2967410cc8fb6ba3f374b1d3efa988e	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/fa4fe7110566d8370983fa81f2b04a833339236d	Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:nixos:nixos:17.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-04-04 00:59

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-7412

Mitre link : CVE-2017-7412

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-7412

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Products Affected

nixos

nixos

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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