ROOT version 6.9.03 and below is vulnerable to an authenticated...

8.8 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

ROOT version 6.9.03 and below is vulnerable to an authenticated shell metacharacter injection in the rootd daemon resulting in remote code execution

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

https://github.com/root-project/root/commit/88ccff152604e0f1012653a596d802ff7ede3145#diff-6cd6f6c31bac70116b7ca7abdc8e517e

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

root

Vulnerable Versions:

Timeline

Official Publish: November 17th, 2017

Last Modified: September 16th, 2024

Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.