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CVE-2021-31607

Published: Apr 23, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-78
NVD MITRE
7.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
3.8%
Top 11.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

In SaltStack Salt 2016.9 through 3002.6, a command injection vulnerability exists in the snapper module that allows for local privilege escalation on a minion. The attack requires that a file is created with a pathname that is backed up by snapper, and that the master calls the snapper.diff function (which executes popen unsafely).

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

CWE-78

Affected Products

n/an/a
saltsaltstack
On-prem
Security Products / vuln-mgmt-scanner
fedorafedoraproject
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
saltPyPIOSS Libraries
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
saltstackoss-projectSecurity Productsaka salt, salt 2015, salt 2018
fedoraprojectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora project
pypipackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Execution
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References

https://sec.stealthcopter.com/saltstack-snapper-minion-privledge-escaltion/
sec.stealthcopter.com
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LDKMAJXYFHM4USVX3H5V2GCCBGASWUSM/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MBAHHSGZLEJRCG4DX6J4RBWJAAWH55RQ/
lists.fedoraproject.org
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Timeline

Published
Apr 23, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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