CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-30355
8.6 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-09-01
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.6 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
Amazon Kindle e-reader prior to and including version 5.13.4 improperly manages privileges, allowing the framework user to elevate privileges to root.
Affected configurations
• amazon kindle firmware (<= 5.13.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- https://research.checkpoint.com/2021/i-can-take-over-your-kindle/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://research.checkpoint.com/2021/i-can-take-over-your-kindle/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory