CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-42056
6.7 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-06-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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-59
Description
Thales Safenet Authentication Client (SAC) for Linux and Windows through 10.7.7 creates insecure temporary hid and lock files allowing a local attacker, through a symlink attack, to overwrite arbitrary files, and potentially achieve arbitrary command execution with high privileges.
Affected configurations
• thalesgroup safenet authentication client (<= 10.7.7)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- https://github.com/z00z00z00/Safenet_SAC_CVE-2021-42056 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/z00z00z00/Safenet_SAC_CVE-2021-42056 Exploit, Third Party Advisory