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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2021-3864 Detail

Description

A flaw was found in the way the dumpable flag setting was handled when certain SUID binaries executed its descendants. The prerequisite is a SUID binary that sets real UID equal to effective UID, and real GID equal to effective GID. The descendant will then have a dumpable value set to 1. As a result, if the descendant process crashes and core_pattern is set to a relative value, its core dump is stored in the current directory with uid:gid permissions. An unprivileged local user with eligible root SUID binary could use this flaw to place core dumps into root-owned directories, potentially resulting in escalation of privileges.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3864 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2015046 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211221021744.864115-1-longman%40redhat.com/
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211226150310.GA992%401wt.eu/
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211228170910.623156-1-wander%40redhat.com/
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3864 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/20/2 Exploit  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-284 Improper Access Control Red Hat, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-3864
NVD Published Date:
08/26/2022
NVD Last Modified:
02/12/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.