Vulnerability · Published Jun 24, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-42056
Medium 6.7
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 64% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 36.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
Thales Safenet Authentication Client (SAC) for Linux and Windows through 10.7.7 creates insecure temporary hid and lock files allowing a local attacker, through a symlink attack, to overwrite arbitrary files, and potentially achieve arbitrary command execution with high privileges.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/z00z00z00/Safenet_SAC_CVE-2021-42056 x_refsource_MISC