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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2021-25314 json

hawk: Insecure file permissions

published 2021-04-14 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-12213

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP3 2.6.3+git.1614685906.812c31e9
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP5 2.6.3+git.1614685906.812c31e9
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 15-SP2 2.6.3+git.1614684118.af555ad9
  • hawk2 SLE High Availability Extension 12 SP3 2.6.3+git.1614685906.812c31e9-2.42.1
  • hawk2 SLE High Availability Extension 12 SP5, SLE High Availability Extension 12 SP4 2.6.3+git.1614685906.812c31e9-3.30.1
  • hawk2 SLE High Availability Extension 15 SP2, SLE High Availability Extension 15 SP1, SLE High Availability Extension 15 2.6.3+git.1614684118.af555ad9-3.27.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2021:0943-1SUSE-SU-2021:0942-1SUSE-SU-2021:0941-1

  • hawk2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.6.4+git.1682509819.1ff135ea-1.1
  • hawk2 openSUSE Leap 15.2 2.6.3+git.1614684118.af555ad9-lp152.2.18.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12952-1openSUSE-SU-2021:0473-1

Exploit prediction

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.suse.com https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182166 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP3
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP5
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 15-SP2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-378 Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions
  • CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

Sources

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