Description
A local information disclosure issue was found in dracut before 045 when generating initramfs images with world-readable permissions when 'early cpio' is used, such as when including microcode updates. Local attacker can use this to obtain sensitive information from these files, such as encryption keys or credentials.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Attack Vector
- local
- Complexity
- low
- Privileges
- low
- User Action
- required
- Scope
- unchanged
- Confidentiality
- high
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Weaknesses
- CWE-732CWE-200
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- DRACUT_PROJECT
- Published
- 8/1/2018
- Last Modified
- 11/21/2024
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
dracut_project : dracut
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