CVE-2017-1000203 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

ROOT version 6.9.03 and below is vulnerable to an authenticated shell metacharacter injection in the rootd daemon resulting in remote code execution

Published: 2017-11-17

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: 3.9% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cern:root:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-1480	ROOT version 6.9.03 and below is vulnerable to an authenticated shell metacharacter injection in the rootd daemon resulting in remote code execution
Ubuntu USN	USN-4801-1	ROOT vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0388.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/root-project/root/commit/88ccff152604e0f1012653a596d802ff7ede3145#diff-6cd6f6c31bac70116b7ca7abdc8e517e

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Cern Root

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-11-17T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:18:07.177Z

Reserved: 2017-11-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-1000203

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-11-17T15:29:00.233

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:58:54.260

Link: CVE-2017-1000203

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-78
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

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