VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-25630

CVSS score7.8 HIGH

EPSS probability0.31%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2021-02-23

Last modified2026-06-17

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

Description

"loolforkit" is a privileged program that is supposed to be run by a special, non-privileged "lool" user. Before doing anything else "loolforkit" checks, if it was invoked by the "lool" user, and refuses to run with privileges, if it's not the case. In the vulnerable version of "loolforkit" this check was wrong, so a normal user could start "loolforkit" and eventually get local root privileges.

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-269

Primary references

security@documentfoundation.org — Third Party Advisory
security@documentfoundation.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory