CVE-2021-3899 (GCVE-0-2021-3899)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-06-03 18:40
Modified
2024-08-19 14:10
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
There is a race condition in the 'replaced executable' detection that, with the correct local configuration, allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code as root.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Canonical Ltd. Apport Version: 0   ≤
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