CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2017-20199 — A vulnerability was found in Buttercup buttercup-browser-extension up to 0.14.2

Medium CVSS 6.5

A vulnerability was found in Buttercup buttercup-browser-extension up to 0.14.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Vault Handler. The manipulation results in improper access controls. The attack may be performed from a remote location. A high complexity level is associated with this attack. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been made public and could be used. Upgrading to version 1.0.1 addresses this issue. The patch is identified as 89. Upgrading the affected component is recommended. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
6.5 (3.1)
Published
2025-08-16
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-266, CWE-284

Affected products

  • buttercup / buttercup

Matched remediation archetype

Privilege escalation and unsafe privilege management

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Check exposure

  • Map service accounts, operating-system identities, roles, capabilities, impersonation, set-user transitions, and administrative helper paths.
  • Determine whether untrusted users or lower-privilege processes can reach the affected transition or modify inputs it trusts.
  • Review file, socket, registry, device, job, container, and cloud-role permissions used before and after privilege changes.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the supported fix and redesign privileged operations as a minimal, authenticated, allowlisted interface.
  • Drop privileges before processing untrusted input, verify the drop succeeds, and remove unnecessary roles, capabilities, and write permissions.
  • Validate ownership and permissions at time of use and add explicit lower-to-higher privilege boundary tests.

Authoritative sources

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