CVE-2021-3982
Linux distributions using CAP_SYS_NICE for gnome-shell may be exposed to a privilege escalation issue. An attacker, with
Linux distributions using CAP_SYS_NICE for gnome-shell may be exposed to a privilege escalation issue. An attacker, with low privilege permissions, may take advantage of the way CAP_SYS_NICE is currently implemented and eventually load code to increase its process scheduler priority leading to possible DoS of other services running in the same machine.
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS 0.00034
Monitor
- No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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