CVE-2021-3621 is a critical shell command injection vulnerability in SSSD's sssctl utility, specifically impacting the logs-fetch and cache-expire subcommands. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a root user into executing a specially crafted sssctl command, potentially leading to root access on affected Fedora and Red Hat systems. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity and requiring user interaction. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:sssd:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization_host:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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