Security Advisory

CVE-2021-35938

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2022-08-25 00:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-04 00:40:47
Assigner redhat
State PUBLISHED

Description

A symbolic link issue was found in rpm. It occurs when rpm sets the desired permissions and credentials after installing a file. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to exchange the original file with a symbolic link to a security-critical file and escalate their privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.