CVE-2017-9772
highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.035 · 89 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 9.3–10
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affected products (4)
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advisories (1)
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- OSEC-2017-01Local privilege escalation issue with ocaml binaries2017-06-23vendor · osvUS
## Description 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.
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references (13)
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- http://ocaml.org/Patchcnnvd
- https://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.php?id=7557cnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-07cnnvd
- https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list/2017-06/msg00094.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99277cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99277enisa_euvd
- https://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.php?id=7557enisa_euvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-07enisa_euvd
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