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ghsa-wm88-xgp8-jvpf

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-24 19:03

Modified

2022-05-24 19:03

Details

In Versa Analytics, the cron jobs are used for scheduling tasks by executing commands at specific dates and times on the server. If the job is run as the user root, there is a potential privilege escalation vulnerability. In this case, the job runs a script as root that is writable by users who are members of the versa group.

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CVE-2018-16497 (GCVE-0-2018-16497)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2021-05-26 18:45

Modified

2024-08-05 10:24

Severity ?

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management ()

Summary

In Versa Analytics, the cron jobs are used for scheduling tasks by executing commands at specific dates and times on the server. If the job is run as the user root, there is a potential privilege escalation vulnerability. In this case, the job runs a script as root that is writable by users who are members of the versa group.

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https://hackerone.com/reports/1168194

x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	Versa Analytics	Version: Fixed Versions: 16.1R2S11, 20.2.2, 21.1.1, 21.2.1

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