CVE-2021-36753 describes a critical vulnerability in sharkdp BAT versions prior to 0.18.2, where the software insecurely executes less.exe from the current working directory. This allows for local privilege escalation with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as reflected by its CVSS score of 7.8 (High). Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.18.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bat_project:bat:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* |
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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