CVE-2021-42808
The Sentinel Protection Installer 7.7.0 creates files and directory with all privileges granting any user full permissions.
Improper Access Control in Thales Sentinel Protection Installer could allow a local user to escalate privileges.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
The Sentinel Protection Installer 7.7.0 creates files and directory with all privileges granting any user full permissions.
Improper Access Control in Thales Sentinel Protection Installer could allow a local user to escalate privileges.
- Record
CVE-2021-42808- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-29764
Improper Access Control in Thales Sentinel Protection Installer could allow a local user to escalate privileges.
- Record
EUVD-2021-29764- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9pjv-6g24-72mx No score
Improper Access Control in Thales Sentinel Protection Installer could allow a local user to...
Improper Access Control in Thales Sentinel Protection Installer could allow a local user to escalate privileges.
- Record
GHSA-9pjv-6g24-72mx- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper Access Control in Thales Sentinel Protection Installer could allow a local user to escalate privileges.
- Record
CVE-2021-42808- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-42808 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Thales Sentinel Protection Installer, published December 20, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.23%, the 14th percentile. No source names a fixed version.