CVE-2021-43411

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 7, 2021 at 05:06 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:10 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorHurd

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

An issue was discovered in GNU Hurd before 0.9 20210404-9. When trying to exec a setuid executable, there's a window of time when the process already has the new privileges, but still refers to the old task and is accessible through the old process port. This can be exploited to get full root access.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.9.20210404-9
Affected range stops below 0.9.20210404-9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362

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