Is CVE-2021-28168 actively exploited?

CVE-2021-28168 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-28168?

CVE-2021-28168 has a CVSS score of 6.2 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2021-28168?

Patch guidance is available from eclipse security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2021-28168.

CVE-2021-28168 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2021-28168?

4 products: eclipse jersey, eclipse jersey, oracle communications cloud native core policy, oracle communications cloud native core unified data repository.

Description

Eclipse Jersey 2.28 to 2.33 and Eclipse Jersey 3.0.0 to 3.0.1 contains a local information disclosure vulnerability. This is due to the use of the File.createTempFile which creates a file inside of the system temporary directory with the permissions: -rw-r--r--. Thus the contents of this file are viewable by all other users locally on the system. As such, if the contents written is security sensitive, it can be disclosed to other local users.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector: local
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: none
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-378 CWE-379 CWE-668

Metadata

Primary Vendor: ECLIPSE
Published: 4/22/2021
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

eclipse : jerseyeclipse : jerseyoracle : communications_cloud_native_core_policyoracle : communications_cloud_native_core_unified_data_repository

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD