CVE-2017-7412 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in NixOS 17.03 before version 17.03.887, where the Docker socket is world-writable. This misconfiguration allows local users to execute arbitrary Docker commands, potentially leading to full system compromise. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local user privileges, but can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or significant community discussion has been identified.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
17.03CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:nixos:nixos:17.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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