CVE-2021-35939

2022-08-2600:00:00

CWE-59

redhat

www.cve.org

incomplete fix

directory creation

vulnerability

data confidentiality

data integrity

system availability

AI Score

6.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

32.1%

JSON

It was found that the fix for CVE-2017-7500 and CVE-2017-7501 was incomplete: the check was only implemented for the parent directory of the file to be created. A local unprivileged user who owns another ancestor directory could potentially use this flaw to gain root privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "product": "RPM",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "Fixed in RPM-v4.18",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]