CVE-2021-20001

CRITICAL

debian-edu-config < 2.12.16 - Incorrect Default Permissions for User Web Shares

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

It was discovered, that debian-edu-config, a set of configuration files used for the Debian Edu blend, before 2.12.16 configured insecure permissions for the user web shares (~/public_html), which could result in privilege escalation.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00012.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2022/msg00039.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5072

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0159
EPSS Percentile 72.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-276
Status published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
debian/debian_linux 11.0
skolelinux/debian-edu-config < 2.12.16
Published Feb 11, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026