# CVE-2021-27454: Privilege escalation in Reason DR60

> Attackers can exploit excessive privilege levels in Reason DR60 firmware to escalate privileges and amplify other weaknesses.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Mar 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pc3x-h9m3-qrcq

## What is CVE-2021-27454?

CVE-2021-27454 is a high-severity vulnerability in Reason DR60, published on 25 Mar 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The software performs an operation at a privilege level higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses on the Reason DR60 (all firmware versions prior to 02A04.1).

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management), CWE-250 (Execution with Unnecessary Privileges)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-27454?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ge Reason Dr60 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-27454?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-27454 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-27454 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-27454 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Reason DR60

- [CVE-2021-27440](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27440/): Hardcoded credentials in Reason DR60 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-27438](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27438/): Hardcoded credentials in Reason DR60 (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-27454 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-27454 is a high-severity vulnerability in Reason DR60, published on 25 Mar 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-27454 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Reason DR60. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27454/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27454/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-27454
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27454
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-27454

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27454/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.