THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-9232
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2017-9232

Juju vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
48.5%
EPSS pct
99th
Exploited
No known
Juju before 1.25.12, 2.0.x before 2.0.4, and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 uses a UNIX domain socket without setting appropriate permissions, allowing privilege escalation by users on the system to root.
Affected vendor
Canonical
Affected product
Juju
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2017-05-28

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 48.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-9232

  • Confirm whether Canonical Juju is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-9232.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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