Telegram Web K Alpha up to 0.7.1 Document Extension privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Telegram Web K Alpha up to 0.7.1. It has been declared as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component Document Extension. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2021-40532. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Telegram Web K Alpha up to 0.7.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Document Extension. The impact remains unknown.

The weakness was presented 09/07/2021 as f224e459c36eb96b2cf9dba559a48b1f08d23330. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-40532. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 0.7.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Telegram Web K Alpha 0.7.2
Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

09/06/2021 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: f224e459c36eb96b2cf9dba559a48b1f08d23330
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-40532 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-40532
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-182048

Entryinfo

Created: 09/07/2021 07:36
Updated: 09/09/2021 23:26
Changes: 09/07/2021 07:36 (12), 09/07/2021 07:37 (25), 09/09/2021 23:26 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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