Attacker Value
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
Required
Privileges Required
None
Attack Vector
Network
0

CVE-2021-3621

Disclosure Date: December 23, 2021
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Description

A flaw was found in SSSD, where the sssctl command was vulnerable to shell command injection via the logs-fetch and cache-expire subcommands. This flaw allows an attacker to trick the root user into running a specially crafted sssctl command, such as via sudo, to gain root access. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
8.8 High
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
2.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
Required
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Vendors

  • fedoraproject,
  • redhat

Products

  • enterprise linux 6.0,
  • enterprise linux 7.0,
  • enterprise linux 8.0,
  • enterprise linux eus 8.1,
  • enterprise linux eus 8.2,
  • enterprise linux server aus 8.2,
  • enterprise linux server aus 8.4,
  • enterprise linux server tus 8.2,
  • enterprise linux server tus 8.4,
  • fedora 34,
  • sssd 2.6.0,
  • virtualization 4.0,
  • virtualization host 4.0

Additional Info

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