9.8crit
CVE-2017-9772
Insufficient sanitisation in the OCaml compiler versions 4.04.0 and 4.04.1 allows external code to be executed with raised privilege in bin…
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
9.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
3.5%
percentile 89%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
Insufficient sanitisation in the OCaml compiler versions 4.04.0 and 4.04.1 allows external code to be executed with raised privilege in binaries marked as setuid, by setting the CAML_CPLUGINS, CAML_NATIVE_CPLUGINS, or CAML_BYTE_CPLUGINS environment variable.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
3.50% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
References
- caml.inria.fr /mantis/view.php?id=7557 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- sympa.inria.fr /sympa/arc/caml-list/2017-06/msg00094.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/99277 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- security.gentoo.org /glsa/201710-07 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-9772
- NVD: CVE-2017-9772
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