# CVE-2021-42956: Information disclosure in n/a

> Attackers can dump sensitive data like credentials and keys from the remote access server process due to improper privilege management.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Nov 2021
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c3cj-f35q-73qf

## What is CVE-2021-42956?

CVE-2021-42956 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Nov 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Zoho Remote Access Plus Server Windows Desktop Binary fixed in 10.1.2132.6 is affected by a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability. Due to improper privilege management, the process launches as the logged in user, so memory dump can be done by non-admin also. Remotely, an attacker can dump all sensitive information including DB Connection string, entire IT infrastructure details, commands executed by IT admin including credentials, secrets, private keys and more.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-42956?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Zoho Manageengine Remote Access Plus Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-42956?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-42956 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-42956 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-42956 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-42956 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-42956 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Nov 2021. 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-2021-42956 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2021-42956/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-42956/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-42956
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42956
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-42956

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-42956/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.