CVE-2021-41316 Command injection in n/a
An attacker with job editing permissions can inject arguments into the Nmap utility to overwrite arbitrary files as root on the Remote Collector.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-41316?
CVE-2021-41316 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Sep 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Device42 Main Appliance before 17.05.01 does not sanitize user input in its Nmap Discovery utility. An attacker (with permissions to add or edit jobs run by this utility) can inject an extra argument to overwrite arbitrary files as the root user on the Remote Collector.
Weakness: CWE-88
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-41316?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Device42 Device42.
How do I fix CVE-2021-41316?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-41316 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-2021-41316 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-41316 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-95jv-r6j9-p8xr.