CRITICAL
ocaml: Insufficient sanitisation allows privilege escalation for setuid binaries
Published Jun 23, 2017
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 3.50%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
9.8 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
7.0 HIGH Red Hat
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.50% 0.03496
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03496
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.50% (0.03496) | 88.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.50% (0.03496) | 87.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 22, 2026 | 1.00% (0.00996) | 76.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.64% (0.06640) | 90.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 9.45% (0.09449) | 87.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.64% (0.06640) | 90.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.49% (0.00488) | 76.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.49% (0.00488) | 75.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 8, 2023 | 0.49% (0.00488) | 72.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 75.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.04% (0.01040) | 28.32th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.04% (0.01040) | 27.69th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.04% (0.01040) | 64.49th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.04% (0.01040) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (8)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99277 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9772 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464920 Issue Tracking
- https://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.php?id=7557 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9772
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-07 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list/2017-06/msg00094.html x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9772
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99277 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9772 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464920 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.php?id=7557 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9772 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-07 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list/2017-06/msg00094.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9772 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 23, 2017
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jun 21, 2017
Link CVE-2017-9772
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a