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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-35938

A symbolic link issue was found in rpm. It occurs when rpm sets the desired permissions and credentials after installing a file. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to exchange the original file with a symbolic link to a security-critical file and escalate their privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
Publish Date : 2022-08-25 Last Update Date : 2022-11-29
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score
0.0
Confidentiality Impact ???
Integrity Impact ???
Availability Impact ???
Access Complexity ???
Authentication ???
Gained Access None
Vulnerability Type(s)
CWE ID 59

- Products Affected By CVE-2021-35938

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 OS Fedoraproject Fedora 34 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
2 OS Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
3 OS Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
4 OS Redhat Enterprise Linux 9.0 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
5 Application RPM RPM * * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Fedoraproject Fedora 1
Redhat Enterprise Linux 3
RPM RPM 1

- References For CVE-2021-35938

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-22
GENTOO GLSA-202210-22
https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.18.0
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35938
https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/commit/25a435e90844ea98fe5eb7bef22c1aecf3a9c033
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157880
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964114
https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/pull/1919

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2021-35938

There are not any metasploit modules related to this CVE entry (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)


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