CVE-2017-9772

moderate-risk

Published 2017-06-23

Insufficient sanitisation in the OCaml compiler versions 4.04.0 and 4.04.1 allows external code to be executed with raised privilege in binaries marked as setuid, by setting the CAML_CPLUGINS, CAML_NATIVE_CPLUGINS, or CAML_BYTE_CPLUGINS environment variable.

Do I need to act?

6.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 9.8/10 Critical

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Ocaml

Affected Vendors

Ocaml

References (8)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99277

Issue Tracking https://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.php?id=7557

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-07

Issue Tracking https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list/2017-06/msg00094.html

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99277

Issue Tracking https://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.php?id=7557

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-07

Issue Tracking https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list/2017-06/msg00094.html

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moderate-risk

Severity 32/34 · Critical

Exploitability 9/34 · Low

Exposure 7/34 · Low