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CVE-2021-30355

HIGHEPSS 93th pctl
8.6
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Amazon Kindle e-reader prior to and including version 5.13.4 improperly manages privileges, allowing the framework user to elevate privileges to root.

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

6.91%probability of exploitation in 30 days
93rdpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 93% of all known CVEs.

References

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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.