An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3003.3. The salt minion installer will accept and use a minion config file at C:\salt\conf if that file is in place before the installer is run. This allows for a malicious actor to subvert the proper behaviour of the given minion software.
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"cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
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],
"vendor_product": "fedoraproject:fedora",
"source": "CPE_STRING"
}
]
}