CVE-2021-35937
Estado: ModificadaMedia (6.4)—
Se encontró una vulnerabilidad de condición de carrera en rpm. Un usuario local no privilegiado podría usar este fallo para omitir las comprobaciones introducidas en respuesta a CVE-2017-7500 y CVE-2017-7501, obteniendo potencialmente privilegios de root. La mayor amenaza de esta vulnerabilidad es para la confidencialidad e integridad de los datos, así como para la disponibilidad del sistema.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 6.4
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.32%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 23
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (3)
CWE
- CWE-59
- CWE-367
Referencias
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35937
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964125
- https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.18.0
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-22
- https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/sec05/tech/full_papers/borisov/borisov.pdf
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35937
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964125
- https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.18.0
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-22
- https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/sec05/tech/full_papers/borisov/borisov.pdf
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