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CVE-2017-20198 Detail

Description

The Marathon UI in DC/OS < 1.9.0 allows unauthenticated users to deploy arbitrary Docker containers. Due to improper restriction of volume mount configurations, attackers can deploy a container that mounts the host's root filesystem (/) with read/write privileges. When using a malicious Docker image, the attacker can write to /etc/cron.d/ on the host, achieving arbitrary code execution with root privileges. This impacts any system where the Docker daemon honors Marathon container configurations without policy enforcement.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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CNA:  VulnCheck
CVSS-B 9.3 CRITICAL
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://dcos.io/ VulnCheck
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/dcos_marathon.rb VulnCheck
https://web.archive.org/web/20230609134421/https://warroom.rsmus.com/dcos-marathon-compromise/ VulnCheck
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42134 VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dcos-marathon-docker-mount-abuse-rce VulnCheck

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource VulnCheck  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-20198
NVD Published Date:
07/23/2025
NVD Last Modified:
07/25/2025
Source:
VulnCheck