CVE-2021-27184
Pelco Digital Sentry Server 7.18.72.11464 has an XML External Entity vulnerability (exploitable via the DTD parameter entities technique), resulting in disclosure and retrieval of arbitrary data on the affected node via an out-of-band (OOB) attack.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.59%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Pelco Digital Sentry Server 7.18.72.11464 has an XML External Entity vulnerability (exploitable via the DTD parameter entities technique), resulting in disclosure and retrieval of arbitrary data on the affected node via an out-of-band (OOB) attack. The vulnerability is triggered when input passed to the XML parser is not sanitized while parsing the ControlPointCacheShare.xml file (in a %APPDATA%\Pelco directory) when DSControlPoint.exe is executed.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.59% probability · 74th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-611
- Affected
- pelco/digital sentry server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/vitorespf/Advisories/blob/master/Pelco_Digital_Sentry_Server.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.pelco.com/s/article/What-is-the-Digital-Sentry-software-release-revision-historyRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/vitorespf/Advisories/blob/master/Pelco_Digital_Sentry_Server.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.pelco.com/s/article/What-is-the-Digital-Sentry-software-release-revision-historyRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.