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Improper Privilege Management Affecting github.com/dnscrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/dnscrypt-proxy package, versions *

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMDNSCRYPTDNSCRYPTPROXYDNSCRYPTPROXY-7254893
  • published 20 Jun 2024
  • disclosed 13 Jun 2024
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 13 Jun 2024

CVE-2024-36587 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-269 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Privilege Management due to insecure permission settings. An attacker can escalate privileges to root by overwriting the dnscrypt-proxy binary.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High