CVE-2021-22004

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3003.3. The salt minion installer will accept and use a minion config file at C:\salt\conf if that file is in place before the installer is run. This allows for a malicious actor to subvert the proper behaviour of the given minion software.

CVSS v3 6.4 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.4 MEDIUM

6.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.5 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.4^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6BUWUF5VTENNP2ZYZBVFKPSUHLKLUBD5/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ACVT7M4YLZRLWWQ6SGRK3C6TOF4FXOXT/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MBAHHSGZLEJRCG4DX6J4RBWJAAWH55RQ/
https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02/	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-09-08 15:15

Updated : 2023-11-07 03:30

NVD link : CVE-2021-22004

Mitre link : CVE-2021-22004

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-22004

JSON object : View

Products Affected

fedoraproject

fedora

saltstack

salt

microsoft

windows

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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