CVE-2021-31799 vulnerability in Canonical and Other Products
Published on July 30, 2021
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-31799 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Shell injection Vulnerability?
The software constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.
CVE-2021-31799 has been classified to as a Shell injection vulnerability or weakness.
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Exploit Probability
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