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CVE-2021-31998

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-31998 is an Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the inn package affecting SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3, openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2, and openSUSE Leap 15.2. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to escalate privileges from the news user to root. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it has low attack complexity and requires low privileges, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.4.2-170.21.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:inn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:inn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.8MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
24.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0032 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 16,985 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugzilla.suse.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory