CVE-2021-3122

Published: Feb 7, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-78

9.8CRITICAL

NVD MITRE

Description

CMCAgent in NCR Command Center Agent 16.3 on Aloha POS/BOH servers permits the submission of a runCommand parameter (within an XML document sent to port 8089) that enables the remote, unauthenticated execution of an arbitrary command as SYSTEM, as exploited in the wild in 2020 and/or 2021. NOTE: the vendor's position is that exploitation occurs only on devices with a certain "misconfiguration."

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-78

Affected Products

ncr

commercial·US

command center agentEmbedded

ICS / OT / IoT / industrial-network

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://github.com/roughb8722/CVE-2021-3122-Details/blob/main/CVE-2021-3122

github.com

https://rdf2.alohaenterprise.com/client/CMCInst.zip

rdf2.alohaenterprise.com

https://www.tetradefense.com/incident-response-services/active-exploit-a-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability-for-ncr-aloha-point-of-sale/

tetradefense.com

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