CVE-2021-25322 Privilege escalation in Factory
Local attackers can escalate privileges from the hyperkitty user to root via a symlink vulnerability in the package installation script.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-25322?
CVE-2021-25322 is a medium-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Factory, published on 10 Jun 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in python-HyperKitty of openSUSE Leap 15.2, Factory allows local attackers to escalate privileges from the user hyperkitty or hyperkitty-admin to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.2 python-HyperKitty version 1.3.2-lp152.2.3.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory python-HyperKitty versions prior to 1.3.4-5.1.
Weakness: CWE-61
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-25322?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Python-Hyperkitty Project Python-Hyperkitty.
How do I fix CVE-2021-25322?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-25322 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-25322 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25322 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9p78-xgfp-85mw, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25322.