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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-1000203

ROOT version 6.9.03 and below is vulnerable to an authenticated shell metacharacter injection in the rootd daemon resulting in remote code execution

HIGH 8.8EPSS 3.88%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.88%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

ROOT version 6.9.03 and below is vulnerable to an authenticated shell metacharacter injection in the rootd daemon resulting in remote code execution

CVSS 3.0
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
3.88% probability · 90th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-78
Affected
cern/root
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.