VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-31154
This allows a local attacker to gain full root privileges by staging a symlink attack.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.47%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
pleaseedit in please before 0.4 uses predictable temporary filenames in /tmp and the target directory. This allows a local attacker to gain full root privileges by staging a symlink attack.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.47% probability · 39th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-668
- Affected
- pleaseedit project/pleaseedit
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://gitlab.com/edneville/please/-/tree/master/src/binThird Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/18/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/edneville/please/-/tree/master/src/binThird Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/18/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.