CVE-2021-36795

A permission issue in the Cohesity Linux agent may allow privilege escalation in version 6.5.1b to 6.5.1d-hotfix10, 6.6.0a to 6.6.0b-hotfix1. An underprivileged linux user, if certain environment criteria are met, can gain additional privileges.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.4 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.4^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/cohesity/SecAdvisory/blob/master/CVE-2021-36795.md	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cohesity/SecAdvisory/blob/master/CVE-2021-36795.md	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:cohesity:linux_agent::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:cohesity:linux_agent::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:cohesity:linux_agent:6.5.1d:hotfix10::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:cohesity:linux_agent:6.6.0b:hotfix1::::::

History

21 Nov 2024, 06:14

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://github.com/cohesity/SecAdvisory/blob/master/CVE-2021-36795.md - Third Party Advisory~~	() https://github.com/cohesity/SecAdvisory/blob/master/CVE-2021-36795.md - Third Party Advisory

16 Aug 2021, 20:21

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-276
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:cohesity:linux_agent:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:cohesity:linux_agent:6.6.0b:hotfix1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:cohesity:linux_agent:6.5.1d:hotfix10::::::
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : 4.4 v3 : 7.8
References	~~(MISC) https://github.com/cohesity/SecAdvisory/blob/master/CVE-2021-36795.md -~~	(MISC) https://github.com/cohesity/SecAdvisory/blob/master/CVE-2021-36795.md - Third Party Advisory

06 Aug 2021, 17:27

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-08-06 17:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 06:14

NVD link : CVE-2021-36795

Mitre link : CVE-2021-36795

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-36795

JSON object : View

Products Affected

cohesity

linux_agent

CWE

CWE-276

Incorrect Default Permissions

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