High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 30, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-9450
CVE-2017-9450
Description
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) CloudFormation bootstrap tools package (aka aws-cfn-bootstrap) before 1.4-19.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by leveraging the ability to create files in an unspecified directory.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:amazon:amazon_web_services_cloudformation_bootstrap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <1.4-19.10
- Range: <1.4-19.10
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- www.securityfocus.com/bid/99972nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2017-861.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- sintonen.fi/advisories/aws-cfn-bootstrap-local-code-execution-as-root.txtnvd
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