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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
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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 records are not available for this CVE.