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CVE-2021-36795

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.

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
CohesityLinux Agent
from 6.5.1b through 6.5.1d
from 6.6.0a through 6.6.0b
Versions 6.5.1d, 6.6.0b

Weakness classification

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