CVE-2017-1000203

Published: Nov 17, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

8.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

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

Affected (1)

Products: Cern: Root

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Cern Root	Up to 6.9.03

Related CWEs

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.

References (2)

https://github.com/root-project/root/commit/88ccff152604e0f1012653a596d802ff7ede3145#diff-6cd6f6c31bac70116b7ca7abdc8e517e

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

https://github.com/root-project/root/commit/88ccff152604e0f1012653a596d802ff7ede3145#diff-6cd6f6c31bac70116b7ca7abdc8e517e

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

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