Dropbear before 2017.75 might allow local users to read certain files as root, if the file has the authorized_keys file format with a command= option. This occurs because ~/.ssh/authorized_keys is read with root privileges and symlinks are followed.
2017-05-19T14:29:00.310
2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Deferred
CVSSv3.0: 4.7 (MEDIUM)
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
3.4
6.9
Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
---|---|---|---|---|
Application | dropbear_ssh_project | dropbear_ssh | < 2017.75 | Yes |
Operating System | debian | debian_linux | 8.0 | Yes |