CVE-2021-29005
highpriority · track · 36OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.022 · 82 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
2.15% (82nd) EPSS
CVSS 9 · high
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-24
Insecure permission of chmod command on rConfig server 3.9.6 exists. After installing rConfig apache user may execute chmod as root without password which may let an attacker with low privilege to gain root access on server.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
9.0
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9
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weaknesses
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affected products (2)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (5)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://rconfig.comcnnvd
- https://github.com/mrojz/rconfig-exploit/blob/main/CVE-2021-29005-POC.shcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29005cnnvd
- https://github.com/mrojz/rconfig-exploit/blob/main/CVE-2021-29005-POC.shenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/mrojz/rconfig-exploit/blob/main/CVE-2021-29005-POC.shExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
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