CVE-2021-20334 (GCVE-0-2021-20334)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-04-06 16:45
Modified
2024-09-17 01:25
Severity ?
4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Summary
A malicious 3rd party with local access to the Windows machine where MongoDB Compass is installed can execute arbitrary software with the privileges of the user who is running MongoDB Compass. This issue affects: MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Compass 1.x version 1.3.0 on Windows and later versions; 1.x versions prior to 1.25.0 on Windows.
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MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Compass Version: 1.3.0   < 1.x*
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