Specially-crafted command line arguments can lead to arbitrary file deletion. The handle_delete function does not attempt to sanitize or otherwise validate the contents of the [file] parameter (passed to the function as argv[1]), allowing an authenticated attacker to supply directory traversal primitives and delete semi-arbitrary files.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2021-12-22T18:06:52

Updated: 2024-08-03T18:30:22.889Z

Reserved: 2021-01-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-21908

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-12-22T19:15:09.917

Modified: 2022-07-21T11:19:02.803

Link: CVE-2021-21908

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