title: Freedom of the Press SecureDrop gpg-agent.conf symlink
description: A vulnerability was found in Freedom of the Press SecureDrop. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file gpg-agent.conf. The manipulation leads to symlink following. Local access is required to approach this attack. The name of the patch is b0526a06f8ca713cce74b63e00d3730618d89691. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-215972.
problem types: CWE-59 Link Following -> CWE-61 Symlink Following
affected:
{
vendor: Freedom of the Press
product: SecureDrop
versions:
version: n/a, status: affected
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
version: 3.1
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
attackVector: LOCAL
attackComplexity: LOW
privilegesRequired: LOW
userInteraction: NONE
scope: UNCHANGED
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
integrityImpact: HIGH
availabilityImpact: HIGH
baseScore: 7.8
baseSeverity: HIGH
]