CVE-2021-31474

Published: May 21, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-502

9.8CRITICAL

NVD MITRE

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor 2020.2.1. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the SolarWinds.Serialization library. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in deserialization of untrusted data. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-12213.

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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-502

Affected Products

SolarWinds

commercial·USaka solar winds

Network Performance MonitorOn-prem

Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

3 techniques

Execution

Initial Access

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References

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-602/

zerodayinitiative.com

https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/sam/content/release_notes/sam_2020-2-5_release_notes.htm

documentation.solarwinds.com

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