Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-41091

Potential exploit
Moby is an open-source project created by Docker to enable software containerization. A bug was found in Moby (Docker Engine) where the data directory (typically `/var/lib/docker`) contained subdirectories with insufficiently restricted permissions, allowing otherwise unprivileged Linux users to traverse directory contents and execute programs. When containers included executable programs with extended permission bits (such as `setuid`), unprivileged Linux users could discover and execute those programs. When the UID of an unprivileged Linux user on the host collided with the file owner or group inside a container, the unprivileged Linux user on the host could discover, read, and modify those files. This bug has been fixed in Moby (Docker Engine) 20.10.9. Users should update to this version as soon as possible. Running containers should be stopped and restarted for the permissions to be fixed. For users unable to upgrade limit access to the host to trusted users. Limit access to host volumes to trusted containers.
Published 2021-10-04 21:15:13
Updated 2022-06-14 11:15:11
Source GitHub, Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org

Products affected by CVE-2021-41091

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-41091

EPSS FAQ
4.76%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 89 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2021-41091

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.6
 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
3.9
6.4
 NIST
6.3
 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
2.0
3.7
 NIST
6.3
 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
2.0
3.7
 GitHub, Inc.

CWE ids for CVE-2021-41091

  • The product does not preserve permissions or incorrectly preserves permissions when copying, restoring, or sharing objects, which can cause them to have less restrictive permissions than intended.
    Assigned by: security-advisories@github.com (Primary)
  • The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Secondary)

References for CVE-2021-41091

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