CVE-2021-38557

Summary

CVECVE-2021-38557
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-08-24 13:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-09-02 16:26:00 UTC
Descriptionraspap-webgui in RaspAP 2.6.6 allows attackers to execute commands as root because of the insecure sudoers permissions. The www-data account can execute /etc/raspap/hostapd/enablelog.sh as root with no password; however, the www-data account can also overwrite /etc/raspap/hostapd/enablelog.sh with any executable content.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Raspap Raspap 2.6.6 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GitHub - RaspAP/raspap-webgui: Simple wireless AP setup & management for Debian-based devices MISC github.com
raspap-webgui/raspap.sudoers at fabc48c7daae4013b9888f266332e510b196a062 · RaspAP/raspap-webgui · GitHub MISC github.com
0days - Zero Security Penetration Testing MISC zerosecuritypenetrationtesting.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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