Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Cohesity Linux Agent (Versions 6.5.1b to 6.5.1d-hotfix10, 6.6.0a to 6.6.0b-hotfix1)

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Cohesity Linux Agent (Versions 6.5.1b to 6.5.1d-hotfix10, 6.6.0a to 6.6.0b-hotfix1)

CVE-2021-36795 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

A permission issue in the Cohesity Linux agent may allow privilege escalation in version 6.5.1b to 6.5.1d-hotfix10, 6.6.0a to 6.6.0b-hotfix1. An underprivileged linux user, if certain environment criteria are met, can gain additional privileges.

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