CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-28271

Incorrect Default Permissions

Published: Apr 27, 2021 | Modified: Sep 23, 2021
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Soyal Technologies SOYAL 701Server 9.0.1 suffers from an elevation of privileges vulnerability which can be used by an authenticated user to change the executable file with a binary choice. The vulnerability is due to improper permissions with the F flag (Full) for Everyoneand Authenticated Users group.

Weakness

During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
701server Soyal * 9.0.2
701clientsql Soyal 10.0 *
701serversql Soyal 10.0 *

Potential Mitigations

  • Compartmentalize the system to have “safe” areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
  • Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

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