Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published Jun 24, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-42056
CVE-2021-42056
Description
Thales Safenet Authentication Client (SAC) for Linux and Windows through 10.7.7 creates insecure temporary hid and lock files allowing a local attacker, through a symlink attack, to overwrite arbitrary files, and potentially achieve arbitrary command execution with high privileges.
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Affected products
3<=10.7.7+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=10.7.7
- cpe:2.3:a:thalesgroup:safenet_authentication_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=10.7.7
Patches
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