CVE-2021-36795

Summary

CVECVE-2021-36795
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-08-06 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-08-16 20:21:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-276

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cohesity Linux Agent 6.5.1d hotfix10 All All
Application Cohesity Linux Agent 6.6.0b hotfix1 All All
Application Cohesity Linux Agent All All All All
Application Cohesity Linux Agent All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecAdvisory/CVE-2021-36795.md at master · cohesity/SecAdvisory · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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