{"id":"CVE-2017-6200","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-6200","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:23:43.376Z","title":"Sandstorm before build 0.203 allows remote attackers to read any specified file under /etc or /run via the sandbox backup function.","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.","published":"2018-02-06T16:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:21:56.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["sandstorm/sandstorm"],"epss":{"score":0.02311,"percentile":0.83298,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://devco.re/blog/2018/01/26/Sandstorm-Security-Review-CVE-2017-6200-en/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/blob/v0.202/src/sandstorm/backup.c%2B%2B#L271","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/commit/4ea8df7403381d9b657b121b3c98d8081b27414d","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/commit/6e8572ea8bb56d0216bb1b410e5040edc051b120","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://sandstorm.io/news/2017-03-02-security-review","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://devco.re/blog/2018/01/26/Sandstorm-Security-Review-CVE-2017-6200-en/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/blob/v0.202/src/sandstorm/backup.c%2B%2B#L271","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/commit/4ea8df7403381d9b657b121b3c98d8081b27414d","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/commit/6e8572ea8bb56d0216bb1b410e5040edc051b120","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://sandstorm.io/news/2017-03-02-security-review","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6200","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}