CVE-2021-3198 Ivanti MobileIron Core clish Restricted Shell Escape via OS Command Injection

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Attackers can escape the restricted shell and execute arbitrary OS commands via the install rpm url command in Ivanti MobileIron Core.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-3198?

CVE-2021-3198 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Ivanti MobileIron Core, published on 22 Jul 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

By abusing the 'install rpm url' command, an attacker can escape the restricted clish shell on affected versions of Ivanti MobileIron Core. This issue was fixed in version 11.1.0.0.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-3198?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ivanti Mobileiron.

How do I fix CVE-2021-3198?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-3198 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-2021-3198 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-3198 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rcjr-8rgf-qwcm.

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