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CVE-2017-9079

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.

  • Published: May 19, 2017
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2017-9079
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.7
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

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