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[email protected]CVE-2021-20264

HistoryOct 06, 2021 - 4:15 p.m.

CVE-2021-20264

2021-10-0616:15:07

CWE-732

CWE-266

[email protected]

web.nvd.nist.gov

cve-2021-20264

insecure modification

/etc/passwd file

openjdk-1.8

openjdk-11

privilege escalation

4.6 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.6 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.6%

JSON

An insecure modification flaw in the /etc/passwd file was found in the openjdk-1.8 and openjdk-11 containers. This flaw allows an attacker with access to the container to modify the /etc/passwd and escalate their privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

Affected configurations

Vulners

NVD

Node

katacontainerskata-containersRange≤1.8

VendorProductVersionCPE
katacontainerskata\-containers*cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:kata\-containers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
katacontainers	kata\-containers	*	cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:kata\-containers::::::::

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "containers/openjdk",
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "openjdk 1.8"
      }
    ]
  }
]