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CVE-2021-28249

Published: Mar 26, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-426
8.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 66.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

CA eHealth Performance Manager through 6.3.2.12 is affected by Privilege Escalation via a Dynamically Linked Shared Object Library. To exploit the vulnerability, the ehealth user must create a malicious library in the writable RPATH, to be dynamically linked when the FtpCollector executable is run. The code in the library will be executed as the root user. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:CC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-426

Affected Products

n/an/a
ehealth performance managerca
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
cacommercialUSEnterprise Softwareaka computer associates, arcserve, ca technologies

Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Persistence
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References

https://n4nj0.github.io/advisories/ca-ehealth-performance-manager/
n4nj0.github.io

Timeline

Published
Mar 26, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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