ubuntu-image 1.0 before 2017-07-07, when invoked as non-root, creates files in the resulting image with the uid of the invoking user. When the resulting image is booted, a local attacker with the same uid as the image creator has unintended access to cloud-init and snapd directories.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-2247 ubuntu-image 1.0 before 2017-07-07, when invoked as non-root, creates files in the resulting image with the uid of the invoking user. When the resulting image is booted, a local attacker with the same uid as the image creator has unintended access to cloud-init and snapd directories.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T17:41:55.634Z

Reserved: 2017-06-28T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-10600

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-07-11T17:29:00.177

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-10600

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