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CVE-2021-38294

Shell Command Injection Vulnerability in Nimbus Thrift Server

Published: Oct 25, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-74
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
84.5%
Top 0.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

A Command Injection vulnerability exists in the getTopologyHistory service of the Apache Storm 2.x prior to 2.2.1 and Apache Storm 1.x prior to 1.2.4. A specially crafted thrift request to the Nimbus server allows Remote Code Execution (RCE) prior to authentication.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
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-74CWE-78

Affected Products

Apache Software Foundation
oss-project·USaka apache foundation
Apache StormLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
StormOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
apache
oss-project·USaka apache http server, apache httpd
stormOn-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins
Maven
package-ecosystem
org.apache.storm:storm
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5fe881f6ca883908b7a0f005d35115af49f43beea7a8b0915e377859%40%3Cuser.storm.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2021/q4/44
seclists.org
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165019/Apache-Storm-Nimbus-2.2.0-Command-Execution.html
packetstormsecurity.com
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