# CVE-2017-10600: ubuntu-image 1.0 before 2017-07-07, when invoked as non-root, creates files in the resulting image with the uid of the invoking user.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-07-11 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

ubuntu-image 1.0 before 2017-07-07, when invoked as non-root, creates files in the resulting image with the uid of the invoking user. When the resulting image is booted, a local attacker with the same uid as the image creator has unintended access to cloud-init and snapd directories.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/ownership-bug-in-ubuntu-image/1285

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