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.
Published: 2021-05-27
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-1822 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-pp74-39w2-v4w9 Permissions bypass in pleaser
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4955-1 Please vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T22:48:14.354Z

Reserved: 2021-04-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-31154

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-05-27T13:15:08.140

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:05:11.570

Link: CVE-2021-31154

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