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vulnerabilityCVE-2021-3981
Name
CVE-2021-3981
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
Description
A flaw in grub2 was found where its configuration file, known as grub.cfg, is being created with the wrong permission set allowing non privileged users to read its content. This represents a low severity confidentiality issue, as those users can eventually read any encrypted passwords present in grub.cfg. This flaw affects grub2 2.06 and previous versions. This issue has been fixed in grub upstream but no version with the fix is currently released.
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
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Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
grub
Exploitable

Vulnerability Ratings#


3.3
CVSSv31
2.1
CVSSv2

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
buildroot
2025.02.x
2.12
Not Affected
buildroot
master
2.14
Not Affected
openwrt
master
2.12-r1
Not Affected
openwrt
openwrt-25.12
2.12-r1
Not Affected
yocto
master
2.14
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
2.12
Not Affected