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CVE-2021-23177

Published: 2022-08-23T16:15Z
Last Modified: 2024-11-21T05:51Z
Source: MITRE CVE List
License: MITRE-CVE-TOS
An improper link resolution flaw while extracting an archive can lead to changing the access control list (ACL) of the target of the link. An attacker may provide a malicious archive to a victim user, who would trigger this flaw when trying to extract the archive. A local attacker may use this flaw to change the ACL of a file on the system and gain more privileges. > MITRE Terms of Use apply – see LICENSE‑MITRE.txt