CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-31154
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-05-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-668
Description
pleaseedit in please before 0.4 uses predictable temporary filenames in /tmp and the target directory. This allows a local attacker to gain full root privileges by staging a symlink attack.
Affected configurations
• pleaseedit project pleaseedit (< 0.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere weakness
References
- https://gitlab.com/edneville/please/-/tree/master/src/bin Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/18/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/edneville/please/-/tree/master/src/bin Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/18/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory