CVE-2021-21957 Command injection in Dream Report

High 8.8 Published Updated

Attackers can achieve privilege escalation and code execution in Dream Report ODS Remote Connector by providing a malicious file to trigger command injection.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-21957?

CVE-2021-21957 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Dream Report, published on 8 Dec 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Remote Server functionality of Dream Report ODS Remote Connector 20.2.16900.0. A specially-crafted command injection can lead to elevated capabilities. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-276

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-21957?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dreamreport Remote Connector.

How do I fix CVE-2021-21957?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-21957 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2021-21957 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-21957 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vjjq-q5v7-9wmx.

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