CVE-2017-15906 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting OpenSSH versions prior to 7.6, as well as products from Debian, NetApp, OpenBSD, Oracle, and Red Hat. It allows remote attackers to create zero-length files in read-only mode due to improper write prevention in the sftp-server.c process_open function. The attack is low complexity and does not require user interaction, but its impact is limited to data integrity (creating empty files). There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 7.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.8.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:sun_zfs_storage_appliance_kit:8.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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