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WEB APPLICATION VULNERABILITIES Standard & Premium

Beego Framework Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') Vulnerability (CVE-2021-27117)

Description

An issue was discovered in file profile.go in function GetCPUProfile in beego through 2.0.2, allows attackers to launch symlink attacks locally.

Remediation

References

CVE-2021-27117

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Severity

High

Classification

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities CWE-59 CVE-2021-27117

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