CVE-2017-6200
Sandstorm before build 0.203 allows remote attackers to read any specified file under /etc or /run via the sandbox backup function.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Sandstorm before build 0.203 allows remote attackers to read any specified file under /etc or /run via the sandbox backup function. The root cause is that the findFilesToZip function doesn't filter Line Feed (\n) characters in a directory name.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.31% probability · 83th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- sandstorm/sandstorm
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://devco.re/blog/2018/01/26/Sandstorm-Security-Review-CVE-2017-6200-en/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/blob/v0.202/src/sandstorm/backup.c%2B%2B#L271Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/commit/4ea8df7403381d9b657b121b3c98d8081b27414dPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/commit/6e8572ea8bb56d0216bb1b410e5040edc051b120Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sandstorm.io/news/2017-03-02-security-reviewVendor Advisory
- https://devco.re/blog/2018/01/26/Sandstorm-Security-Review-CVE-2017-6200-en/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/blob/v0.202/src/sandstorm/backup.c%2B%2B#L271Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/commit/4ea8df7403381d9b657b121b3c98d8081b27414dPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/commit/6e8572ea8bb56d0216bb1b410e5040edc051b120Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sandstorm.io/news/2017-03-02-security-reviewVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.