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Thales Safenet Authentication Client (SAC) for Linux and...

High severity Unreviewed Published Jun 25, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Thales Safenet Authentication Client (SAC) for Linux and Windows through 10.7.7 creates insecure temporary hid and lock files allowing a local attacker, through a symlink attack, to overwrite arbitrary files, and potentially achieve arbitrary command execution with high privileges.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 24, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 25, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

0.045%
(15th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-42056

GHSA ID

GHSA-26hh-jgf5-3gmg

Source code

No known source code

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