CVE-2017-6200

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Sandstorm before build 0.203 allows remote attackers to read any specified file under /etc or /run via the sandbox backup function. The root cause is that the findFilesToZip function doesn't filter Line Feed (\n) characters in a directory name.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://devco.re/blog/2018/01/26/Sandstorm-Security-Review-CVE-2017-6200-en/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/blob/v0.202/src/sandstorm/backup.c%2B%2B#L271Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/commit/4ea8df7403381d9b657b121b3c98d8081b27414dPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/commit/6e8572ea8bb56d0216bb1b410e5040edc051b120Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://sandstorm.io/news/2017-03-02-security-reviewVendor Advisory
https://devco.re/blog/2018/01/26/Sandstorm-Security-Review-CVE-2017-6200-en/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/blob/v0.202/src/sandstorm/backup.c%2B%2B#L271Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/commit/4ea8df7403381d9b657b121b3c98d8081b27414dPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/commit/6e8572ea8bb56d0216bb1b410e5040edc051b120Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://sandstorm.io/news/2017-03-02-security-reviewVendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 6, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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