CVE-2017-9286
The packaging of NextCloud in openSUSE used /srv/www/htdocs in an unsafe manner, which could have allowed scripts running as wwwrun user to escalate privileges to root during nextcloud package upgrade.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.18%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The packaging of NextCloud in openSUSE used /srv/www/htdocs in an unsafe manner, which could have allowed scripts running as wwwrun user to escalate privileges to root during nextcloud package upgrade.
- 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
- 1.18% probability · 68th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- opensuse/leap
- Source
- security@opentext.com
EPSS 1.2% 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://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036756
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00010.html
- https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-9286/
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036756
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00010.html
- https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-9286/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.