Description
A flaw was found in the way the dumpable flag setting was handled when certain SUID binaries executed its descendants. The prerequisite is a SUID binary that sets real UID equal to effective UID, and real GID equal to effective GID. The descendant will then have a dumpable value set to 1. As a result, if the descendant process crashes and core_pattern is set to a relative value, its core dump is stored in the current directory with uid:gid permissions. An unprivileged local user with eligible root SUID binary could use this flaw to place core dumps into root-owned directories, potentially resulting in escalation of privileges.
Exploits (1)
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/20/2
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2015046
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3864
Mailing List x_refsource_misc
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211221021744.864115-1-longman%40redhat.com/
Mailing List x_refsource_misc
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211228170910.623156-1-wander%40redhat.com/
Mailing List x_refsource_misc
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211226150310.GA992%401wt.eu/
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3864
Scores
CVSS v3
7.0
EPSS
0.0056
EPSS Percentile
68.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-284
Status
published
Products (6)
debian/debian_linux
10.0
debian/debian_linux
11.0
linux/linux_kernel
redhat/enterprise_linux
6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux
7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux
9.0
Published
Aug 26, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026