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Vulnerability · Published Jun 30, 2021 · Assigned by suse

CVE-2021-25321arpwatch: Local privilege escalation from runtime user to root

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Factory from openSUSE. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 61.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in arpwatch of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS, SUSE Manager Server 4.0, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9; openSUSE Factory, Leap 15.2 allows local attackers with control of the runtime user to run arpwatch as to escalate to root upon the next restart of arpwatch. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS arpwatch versions prior to 2.1a15. SUSE Manager Server 4.0 arpwatch versions prior to 2.1a15. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 arpwatch versions prior to 2.1a15. openSUSE Factory arpwatch version 2.1a15-169.5 and prior versions. openSUSE Leap 15.2 arpwatch version 2.1a15-lp152.5.5 and prior versions.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS arpwatch – before 2.1a15
SUSE SUSE Manager Server 4.0 arpwatch – before 2.1a15
SUSE SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 arpwatch – before 2.1a15
openSUSE Factory arpwatch – through 2.1a15-169.5
openSUSE Leap 15.2 arpwatch – through 2.1a15-lp152.5.5

Weakness: CWE-61 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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