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CVE-2021-22004

Published: Sep 8, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-362
6.4MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 72.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3003.3. The salt minion installer will accept and use a minion config file at C:\salt\conf if that file is in place before the installer is run. This allows for a malicious actor to subvert the proper behaviour of the given minion software.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:HUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-362

Affected Products

saltstack
oss-projectaka salt, salt 2018, salt 2015
saltOn-prem
Security Products / vuln-mgmt-scanner
fedoraproject
oss-project·USaka fedora project
fedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
PyPI
package-ecosystem
salt
OSS Libraries
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02/
saltproject.io
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MBAHHSGZLEJRCG4DX6J4RBWJAAWH55RQ/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ACVT7M4YLZRLWWQ6SGRK3C6TOF4FXOXT/
lists.fedoraproject.org
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