An improper link resolution flaw while extracting an archive can lead to changing the access control list (ACL) of the target of the link. An attacker may provide a malicious archive to a victim user, who would trigger this flaw when trying to extract the archive. A local attacker may use this flaw to change the ACL of a file on the system and gain more privileges.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2022-08-23T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:05:55.631Z

Reserved: 2021-12-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-23177

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2022-08-23T16:15:09.280

Modified: 2022-12-03T14:16:24.723

Link: CVE-2021-23177

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-08-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-23177 - Bugzilla