9.1
CRITICAL
CVE-2021-25282
SaltStack Salt Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Description

An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. The salt.wheel.pillar_roots.write method is vulnerable to directory traversal.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 27, 2021, 5:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 21, 2023, 6:23 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-25282 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-25282 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Saltstack salt
: Total Affected Vendor : 3 | Products : 3
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-25282.

URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162058/SaltStack-Salt-API-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/ Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011 Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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HimmelAward/Goby_POC

在公网收集的gobypoc+部分自己加的poc

Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago
96 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : July 28, 2023, 4:28 p.m. This repo has been linked 296 different CVEs too.
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zhibx/fscan-Intranet

这是fscan的内网修改版。

Go

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
158 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
Born at : June 18, 2022, 2:12 a.m. This repo has been linked 26 different CVEs too.
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0ps/pocassistdb

database of pocassist（漏洞库）

Updated: 1 year, 1 month ago
14 stars 21 fork 21 watcher
Born at : June 16, 2021, 11:36 a.m. This repo has been linked 61 different CVEs too.
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jweny/pocassistdb

database of pocassist（漏洞库）

pocassist vulnerability-scanners vulnerability-detection

Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago
81 stars 21 fork 21 watcher
Born at : June 16, 2021, 9:56 a.m. This repo has been linked 67 different CVEs too.
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Immersive-Labs-Sec/CVE-2021-25281

Chaining CVE-2021-25281 and CVE-2021-25282 to exploit a SaltStack

Python

Updated: 1 year, 2 months ago
26 stars 9 fork 9 watcher
Born at : Feb. 26, 2021, 12:08 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-25282 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-25282 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 21, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22 Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 31, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 23, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162058/SaltStack-Salt-API-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162058/SaltStack-Salt-API-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 19, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 10, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 01, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162058/SaltStack-Salt-API-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 31, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 23, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ Third Party Advisory https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ Third Party Advisory https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 19, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 05, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases No Types Assigned https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/ No Types Assigned https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/ Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-22
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2015.8.10 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2015.8.11 up to (excluding) 2015.8.13 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2016.3.0 up to (excluding) 2016.3.4 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2016.3.5 up to (excluding) 2016.3.6 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2016.3.7 up to (excluding) 2016.3.8 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2016.3.9 up to (excluding) 2016.11.3 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2016.11.4 up to (excluding) 2016.11.5 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2016.11.7 up to (excluding) 2016.11.10 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2017.5.0 up to (excluding) 2017.7.8 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2018.2.0 up to (including) 2018.3.5 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2019.2.0 up to (excluding) 2019.2.5 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2019.2.6 up to (excluding) 2019.2.8 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3000 up to (excluding) 3000.6 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3001 up to (excluding) 3001.4 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3002 up to (excluding) 3002.5
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 02, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 02, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-25282 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-25282 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

85.28 }} 28.89%

score

0.98243

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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