CVE-2021-38118 Possible Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in OpenText iManager
Medium 5.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-38118 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2021-38118 is a medium-severity vulnerability in OpenText iManager, published on 22 Nov 2024. 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-2021-38118 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: OpenText iManager. 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-2021-38118/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38118/index.md)
Local attackers can exploit improper input validation in OpenText iManager to escalate privileges on the system.
- 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-2021-38118?
CVE-2021-38118 is a medium-severity vulnerability in OpenText iManager, published on 22 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Possible improper input validation Vulnerability
in iManager has been discovered in OpenText™ iManager 3.2.4.0000.
Weakness: CWE-250
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-38118?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microfocus Imanager.
How do I fix CVE-2021-38118?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-38118 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-38118 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38118 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in OpenText iManager
- CVE-2021-38116 Possible Command injection Vulnerability in OpenText iManager
- CVE-2021-38117 Possible Remote Code Execution Vulnerability OpenText iManager
- CVE-2023-24467 Possible Command Injection in OpenText iManager
- CVE-2021-38135 Possible External service interaction Vulnerability in OpenText iManager
- CVE-2024-3969 XML External Entity injection vulnerability in iManager
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c3hf-4f7r-m69m.