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CVE-2021-20001 (GCVE-0-2021-20001)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-11 19:50 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:41
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Summary
It was discovered, that debian-edu-config, a set of configuration files used for the Debian Edu blend, before 2.12.16 configured insecure permissions for the user web shares (~/public_html), which could result in privilege escalation.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • insecure permissions
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Debian debian-edu-config Affected: < 2.12.16
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Date Public
2022-02-11 00:00
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