{"id":"CVE-2017-9079","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-16T01:48:22.925443939Z","published":"2017-05-19T14:29:00.310Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3859"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0006/"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2017q2/001985.html"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2017.75"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"8.0"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-9079.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}