Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2021-35938 First vendor Publication 2022-08-25
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2022-11-29

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 6.7
Base Score 6.7 Environmental Score 6.7
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 6.7
Exploitabality Sub Score 0.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required High User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector :
Cvss Base Score N/A Attack Range N/A
Cvss Impact Score N/A Attack Complexity N/A
Cvss Expoit Score N/A Authentication N/A
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Detail

A symbolic link issue was found in rpm. It occurs when rpm sets the desired permissions and credentials after installing a file. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to exchange the original file with a symbolic link to a security-critical file and escalate their privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-35938

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 121
Os 1
Os 3

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
GENTOO https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-22
MISC https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35938
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964114
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157880
https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/commit/25a435e90844ea98fe5eb7b...
https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/pull/1919
https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.18.0

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