Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 9, 2021· Updated Aug 3, 2024
CVE-2021-33393
CVE-2021-33393
Description
lfs/backup in IPFire 2.25-core155 does not ensure that /var/ipfire/backup/bin/backup.pl is owned by the root account. It might be owned by an unprivileged account, which could potentially be used to install a Trojan horse backup.pl script that is later executed by root. Similar problems with the ownership/permissions of other files may be present as well.
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Affected products
2- IPFire/IPFiredescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- packetstormsecurity.com/files/163158/IPFire-2.25-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/ipfire/ipfire-2.x/commit/6769d909306d7bdc43d64598872126fcf1b217f6mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/ipfire/ipfire-2.x/commits/mastermitrex_refsource_MISC
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