High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 30, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

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.

Affected products

Amazon (company)/Amazon Web Services Cloudformation Bootstrap
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:amazon_web_services_cloudformation_bootstrap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <1.4-19.10

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

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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