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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-9270

In cryptctl before version 2.0 a malicious server could send RPC requests that could overwrite files outside of the cryptctl key database.

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CVE-2017-9270
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1 Nov 2026, 08:06 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-9270

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 Mar 2018, 20:29 UTC

In cryptctl before version 2.0 a malicious server could send RPC requests that could overwrite files outside of the cryptctl key database.

osv:CVE-2017-9270
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9270",
  "method": "structured",
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      ],
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:02.867245245Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-07/msg00022.html",
        "https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-9270/",
        "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1041963"
      ],
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 440113,
  "published_at": "2018-03-01T20:29:00.883+00:00"
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