CVE-2021-31154

high

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.

References

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/18/1

https://gitlab.com/edneville/please/-/tree/master/src/bin

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-05-27

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H