CVE-2021-29449

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
Pi-hole is a Linux network-level advertisement and Internet tracker blocking application. Multiple privilege escalation vulnerabilities were discovered in version 5.2.4 of Pi-hole core. See the referenced GitHub security advisory for details.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-29449
  • Assigner
  • security-advisories@github.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-04-14T22:15:12
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-08-02T16:01:10
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-78 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:pi-hole:pi-hole:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.2.4
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/security/advisories/GHSA-3597-244c-wrpj Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Research/Advisories/2021-02_CSNC-2021-008_Pi-hole_Privilege_Escalation.txt Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163715/Pi-Hole-Remove-Commands-Linux-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29449
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-29449
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:29:48 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 01:58:32 2021-04-14T22:15Z 2021-04-14T22:15:12 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-06 01:58:32 2022-08-02T16:01:10 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-06 01:58:32 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated