{"cve":"CVE-2017-9450","nvd":{"published":"2017-10-30T14:29:00.953","modified":"2026-06-17T01:28:07.760","status":"Modified","description":"The Amazon Web Services (AWS) CloudFormation bootstrap tools package (aka aws-cfn-bootstrap) before 1.4-19.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by leveraging the ability to create files in an unspecified directory.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-269"],"references":["http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99972","https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2017-861.html","https://sintonen.fi/advisories/aws-cfn-bootstrap-local-code-execution-as-root.txt","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99972","https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2017-861.html"],"products":["amazon:amazon_web_services_cloudformation_bootstrap"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:47:01.408438353+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-9450","score":0.00402,"percentile":0.34456,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}