THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-10940
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2017-10940

Triton Datacenter vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
5.4%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
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 vendor
Joyent
Affected product
Triton Datacenter
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-22 — Path Traversal
  • CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Published
2017-10-31

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-10940

  • Confirm whether Joyent Triton Datacenter is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-10940.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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