{"id":"CVE-2017-9232","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-9232","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:03:06.895Z","title":"Juju before 1.25.12, 2.0.x before 2.0.4, and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 uses a UNIX domain socket without setting appropriate permissions, allowing privilege escalation by users on the system to root.","description":"Juju before 1.25.12, 2.0.x before 2.0.4, and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 uses a UNIX domain socket without setting appropriate permissions, allowing privilege escalation by users on the system to root.","published":"2017-05-28T00:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:27:44.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-862"],"affected":["canonical/juju"],"epss":{"score":0.48501,"percentile":0.98861,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.37456,"percentile":0.98508},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.48501,"percentile":0.98812}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2018-02-12","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":44023,"kind":"exploit","title":"Juju-run Agent - Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44023","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/44023.rb","file":"exploits/linux/local/44023.rb","published":"2018-02-12","added":"2018-02-12","updated":"2018-02-12","author":"Metasploit","type":"local","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2017-9232"],"tags":"Metasploit Framework (MSF)","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/321b78b0fe8fd515d1efab64996f11b4eecbc27d/modules/exploits/linux/local/juju_run_agent_priv_esc.rb"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 48.5%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.48501,"from":0.37456,"percentile":0.98812},"summary":"EPSS moved from 37.5% to 48.5% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98737","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/juju/+bug/1682411","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44023/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98737","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/juju/+bug/1682411","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44023/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9232","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."}