CVE-2021-25314 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the hawk2 component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP3, 12-SP5, and 15-SP2, stemming from the creation of temporary files with insecure permissions. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) allows a local attacker with low privileges to escalate to root, requiring no user interaction. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.6.3\+git.1614685906.812c31e9-2.42.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:suse:hawk2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.6.3\+git.1614684118.af555ad9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:suse:hawk2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.6.3\+git.1614685906.812c31e9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:suse:hawk2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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