CVE-2021-42257

check_smart before 6.9.1 allows unintended drive access by an unprivileged user because it only checks for a substring match of a device path (the /dev/bus…

published October 11, 2021

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
31.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

check_smart before 6.9.1 allows unintended drive access by an unprivileged user because it only checks for a substring match of a device path (the /dev/bus substring and a number), aka an unanchored regular expression.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00389 · 31.9th percentile
Published
2021-10-11T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 OCT 00:00Z
    check_smart before 6.9.1 allows unintended drive access by an unprivileged user because it only checks for a substring match of a device path (the /dev/bus…
    cvelistv5