CVE-2021-31155 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the 'please' utility before version 0.4, specifically related to its failure to normalize the umask. A local attacker with permission to execute at least one command can exploit this flaw to gain full root privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:umask_project:umask:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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