Description
A race condition vulnerability was found in rpm. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to bypass the checks that were introduced in response to CVE-2017-7500 and CVE-2017-7501, potentially gaining root privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:LAttack VectorLocal
AC:HAttack ComplexityHigh
PR:HPrivileges RequiredHigh
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentialityHigh
I:HIntegrityHigh
A:HAvailabilityHigh
Weaknesses
Affected Products
Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka redhat, red hat
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
АО «НТЦ ИТ РОСА»
commercial·RU
rpm
oss-project
fedoraproject
oss-project·USaka fedora project
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Exploitability
1 exploit source identified
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MITRE ATT&CK
3 techniques Collection
Discovery
Privilege Escalation
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35937
access.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964125
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/commit/f2d3be2a8741234faaa96f5fd05fdfdc75779a79
github.com
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