CVE-2017-9286 (GCVE-0-2017-9286)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-03-01 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 16:28
VLAI
Title
nextcloud package security issues with /srv/www/htdocs
Summary
The packaging of NextCloud in openSUSE used /srv/www/htdocs in an unsafe manner, which could have allowed scripts running as wwwrun user to escalate privileges to root during nextcloud package upgrade.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Using the untrusted hierarchy under /srv/wwwroot/htdocs during update as root user could be used to overwrite root files.
Assigner
microfocus CNA
CNA scorecard – unranked: 0 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
SUSE nextcloud Affected: unspecified , < 11.0.3-3.1 (custom)
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Date Public
2017-10-04 00:00
Credits
Ludwig Nussel of SUSE
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