CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-35946

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Sep 07, 2021 | Modified: Sep 14, 2021
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

A receiver of a federated share with access to the database with ownCloud version before 10.8 could update the permissions and therefore elevate their own permissions.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Owncloud Owncloud * 10.8.0 (excluding)
Owncloud Ubuntu trusty *
Owncloud Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References