CVE-2017-16763 describes a critical vulnerability in Confire 0.2.0's YAML parsing functionality, specifically within config.py. This flaw allows for arbitrary Python command execution due to the use of yaml.load on user-specific configuration files (~/.confire.yaml). With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this network-exploitable vulnerability requires no user interaction and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit intelligence (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or active exploitation (KEV) is reported, and community discussion is minimal, the potential impact remains severe.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:confire_project:confire:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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