Local privilege escalation in MongoDB Compass for Windows
CVE-2021-20334

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
MongoDB
Status
Mongodb Compass
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 April 2021

Summary

A malicious 3rd party with local access to the Windows machine where MongoDB Compass is installed can execute arbitrary software with the privileges of the user who is running MongoDB Compass. This issue affects: MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Compass 1.x version 1.3.0 on Windows and later versions; 1.x versions prior to 1.25.0 on Windows.

Affected Version(s)

MongoDB Compass Windows 1.3.0 < 1.x*

References

https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/COMPASS-4510
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Hou JingYi (@hjy79425575)
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