CVE-2021-25314

Q: How do I fix CVE-2021-25314?

Upgrade hawk2 to 2.6.3+git.1614685906.812c31e9 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2021-25314 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2021-25314 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.38% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 31% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2021-25314?

CVE-2021-25314 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2021-25314 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for hawk2 (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions vulnerability in hawk2 of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP5, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 15-SP2 allows local attackers to escalate to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP3 hawk2 versions prior to 2.6.3+git.1614685906.812c31e9. SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP5 hawk2 versions prior to 2.6.3+git.1614685906.812c31e9. SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 15-SP2 hawk2 versions prior to 2.6.3+git.1614684118.af555ad9.

CWE-378 CWE-668

How to fix

Remediation Available

hawk2NVD

Affected:< 2.6.3+git.1614685906.812c31e9Fixed in:2.6.3+git.1614685906.812c31e9CVE-2021-25314derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.38%probability of exploitation in 30 days

31stpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 31% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

bugzilla.suse.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-378 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-27216	High	7.0	4.4%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-21290	Medium	6.2	1.8%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-9485	High	7.8	1.2%	-	-
CVE-2022-24823	Medium	5.5	1.0%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8908	Low	3.3	1.0%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-28168	Medium	6.2	0.9%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2021-25314?

Upgrade hawk2 to 2.6.3+git.1614685906.812c31e9 or later.

Is CVE-2021-25314 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2021-25314 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.38% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 31% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2021-25314?

CVE-2021-25314 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2021-25314 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for hawk2 (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.