# CVE-2021-32942: Information disclosure in InTouch

> Privileged users can expose cleartext credentials by saving diagnostic memory dumps to unprotected locations in AVEVA InTouch Runtime.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jun 2021
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jfgv-77w2-93rx

## What is CVE-2021-32942?

CVE-2021-32942 is a medium-severity vulnerability in AVEVA InTouch, published on 9 Jun 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The vulnerability could expose cleartext credentials from AVEVA InTouch Runtime 2020 R2 and all prior versions (WindowViewer) if an authorized, privileged user creates a diagnostic memory dump of the process and saves it to a non-protected location.

Weakness: CWE-312 (Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information), CWE-316 (Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Memory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-32942?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Aveva Intouch 2017, Aveva Intouch 2020.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-32942?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-32942 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-32942 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-32942 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-32942 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-32942 is a medium-severity vulnerability in AVEVA InTouch, published on 9 Jun 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-32942 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: AVEVA InTouch. 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-2021-32942/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32942/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-32942
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32942
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-32942

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32942/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.