CVE-2021-35946 (GCVE-0-2021-35946)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-07 19:04 – Updated: 2024-08-04 00:47
VLAI
Summary
A receiver of a federated share with access to the database with ownCloud version before 10.8 could update the permissions and therefore elevate their own permissions.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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