CVE-2017-9772 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99277 https://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.php?id=7557 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-07 https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list/2017-06/msg00094.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8