CVE-2024-36587 (GCVE-0-2024-36587)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-13 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-02 03:37
VLAI
Summary
Insecure permissions in DNSCrypt-proxy v2.0.0alpha9 to v2.1.5 allows non-privileged attackers to escalate privileges to root via overwriting the binary dnscrypt-proxy.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-06-20 20:29 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
dnscrypt dnscrypt-proxy Affected: v2.0.0alpha9 , ≤ v2.1.5 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:dnscrypt:dnscrypt-proxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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