What is CVE-2021-26936?

CVE-2021-26936 is a high-severity vulnerability in Replaysorcery Project, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-02-10.

How severe is CVE-2021-26936?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Replaysorcery Project

CVE-2021-26936

The replay-sorcery program in ReplaySorcery 0.4.0 through 0.5.0, when using the default setuid-root configuration, allows a local attacker to escalate privileges to root by specifying video output paths in privileged locations.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.005 (40.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Replaysorcery_project Replaysorcery
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-26936?: CVE-2021-26936 is a high-severity vulnerability in Replaysorcery Project, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-02-10.
How severe is CVE-2021-26936?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.