CVE-2021-29218 Other in HPE Agentless Management
Local attackers with high privileges can exploit an unquoted search path to execute malware, compromising system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-29218?
CVE-2021-29218 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HPE Agentless Management, published on 4 Feb 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A local unquoted search path security vulnerability has been identified in HPE Agentless Management Service for Windows version(s): Prior to 1.44.0.0, 10.96.0.0. This vulnerability could be exploited locally by a user with high privileges to execute malware that may lead to a loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. HPE has provided software updates to resolve the vulnerability in HPE Agentless Management Service for Windows.
Weakness: CWE-428
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-29218?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Hpe Agentless Management, Hpe Proliant Agentless Management.
How do I fix CVE-2021-29218?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-29218 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-29218 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-29218 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p267-5w4m-pprh.