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CVE-2017-6200

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6200 describes a path traversal vulnerability in Sandstorm before build 0.203, allowing remote authenticated attackers to read arbitrary files under /etc or /run through the sandbox backup function due to improper filtering of line feed characters in directory names. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) has a low attack complexity and could lead to high confidentiality impact, but does not affect integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.203CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sandstorm:sandstorm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0231 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 21,939 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

devco.re / blog/2018/01/26/Sandstorm-Security-Review-CVE-2017-6200-en
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / sandstorm-io/sandstorm/blob/v0.202/src/sandstorm/backup.c%2B%2B
Third Party Advisory
github.com / sandstorm-io/sandstorm/commit/4ea8df7403381d9b657b121b3c98d8081b27414d
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / sandstorm-io/sandstorm/commit/6e8572ea8bb56d0216bb1b410e5040edc051b120
PatchThird Party Advisory
sandstorm.io / news/2017-03-02-security-review
Vendor Advisory