Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-23239
The sudoedit personality of Sudo before 1.9.5 may allow a local unprivileged user to perform arbitrary directory-existence tests by winning a sudo_edit.c race condition in replacing a user-controlled directory by a symlink to an arbitrary path.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-23239
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.05%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 18 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2021-23239
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
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1.9
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LOW | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
3.4
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2.9
|
[email protected] |
2.5
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LOW | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
1.0
|
1.4
|
[email protected] |
CWE ids for CVE-2021-23239
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The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.Assigned by: [email protected] (Primary)
References for CVE-2021-23239
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00007.html
Mailing List;Third Party Advisory
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https://www.sudo.ws/stable.html#1.9.5
Release Notes;Vendor Advisory
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https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0010/
Third Party Advisory
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-33
Third Party Advisory
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EE42Y35SMJOLONAIBNYNFC7J44UUZ2Y6/
Mailing List;Third Party Advisory
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GMY4VSSBIND7VAYSN6T7XIWJRWG4GBB3/
Mailing List;Third Party Advisory
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https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2021-23239
Exploit;Issue Tracking;Third Party Advisory
Products affected by CVE-2021-23239
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*