VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-41316
An attacker (with permissions to add or edit jobs run by this utility) can inject an extra argument to overwrite arbitrary files as the root user on the Remote Collector.
HIGH 8.1EPSS 1.44%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.44%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Device42 Main Appliance before 17.05.01 does not sanitize user input in its Nmap Discovery utility. An attacker (with permissions to add or edit jobs run by this utility) can inject an extra argument to overwrite arbitrary files as the root user on the Remote Collector.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.44% probability · 72th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-88
- Affected
- device42/device42
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://blog.device42.com/2021/09/critical-fixes-in-17-05-01/Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.device42.com/auto-discovery/nmap-autodiscovery/Product, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.device42.com/auto-discovery/remote-collector-rc/Vendor Advisory
- https://blog.device42.com/2021/09/critical-fixes-in-17-05-01/Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.device42.com/auto-discovery/nmap-autodiscovery/Product, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.device42.com/auto-discovery/remote-collector-rc/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.