Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows
CVE-2021-22004
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3003.3. The salt minion installer will accept and use a minion config file at C:\salt\conf if that file is in place before the installer is run. This allows for a malicious actor to subvert the proper behaviour of the given minion software.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (26.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 26.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows
- Saltstack Salt
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 33, 34, 35
- Saltstack Salt — versions Saltstack Salt (before 3003.3)
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-22004?
- CVE-2021-22004 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2021-09-08.
- How severe is CVE-2021-22004?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.