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CVE-2021-29948

Published: Jun 24, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-362
NVD MITRE
2.5CVSSLOW
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 79.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Signatures are written to disk before and read during verification, which might be subject to a race condition when a malicious local process or user is replacing the file. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.10.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-362

Affected Products

ThunderbirdMozilla
On-premDesktop App
Communications / email-server-client
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation ExtensionNovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
mozillaoss-projectUSConsumer Softwareaka mozilla corp.
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
novell inc.commercialUSOperating Systems
and 7 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-14/
mozilla.org
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1692899
bugzilla.mozilla.org
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-29948&#13;
access.redhat.com
and 9 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Jun 24, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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