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CVE-2017-9286: nextcloud package security issues with /srv/www/htdocs

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-03-01 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The packaging of NextCloud in openSUSE used /srv/www/htdocs in an unsafe manner, which could have allowed scripts running as wwwrun user to escalate privileges to root during nextcloud package upgrade.

Affected products

• openSUSE Leap: 42.3

References

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036756
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00010.html
• https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-9286/
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036756
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00010.html
• https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-9286/

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