CVE-2017-2809

An exploitable vulnerability exists in the yaml loading functionality of ansible-vault before 1.0.5. A specially crafted vault can execute arbitrary python commands resulting in command execution. An attacker can insert python into the vault to trigger this vulnerability.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100824	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/tomoh1r/ansible-vault/blob/v1.0.5/CHANGES.txt	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/tomoh1r/ansible-vault/commit/3f8f659ef443ab870bb19f95d43543470168ae04	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/tomoh1r/ansible-vault/issues/4	Third Party Advisory
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0305	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:ansible-vault_project:ansible-vault:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-09-14 19:29

Updated : 2024-02-28 16:04

NVD link : CVE-2017-2809

Mitre link : CVE-2017-2809

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-2809

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ansible-vault_project

ansible-vault

CWE

CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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