CVE-2021-35938

2022-08-2500:00:00

CWE-59

redhat

www.cve.org

6.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

32.3%

JSON

A symbolic link issue was found in rpm. It occurs when rpm sets the desired permissions and credentials after installing a file. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to exchange the original file with a symbolic link to a security-critical file and escalate their privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "product": "RPM",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "Fixed in rpm v4.18.0",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]