VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-36795

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.21%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-08-06
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

A permission issue in the Cohesity Linux agent may allow privilege escalation in version 6.5.1b to 6.5.1d-hotfix10, 6.6.0a to 6.6.0b-hotfix1. An underprivileged linux user, if certain environment criteria are met, can gain additional privileges.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-276: Incorrect Default Permissions

Primary references