CVE-2021-42855 HIGH

CVE-2021-42855: Local privilege escalation due to misconfigured write permission on .debug_command.config file

Vendor Aternity
Product SteelCentral AppInternals Dynamic Sampling Agent
Weakness CWE-284
Published March 9, 2022
Last update September 17, 2024
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CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

It was discovered that the SteelCentral AppInternals Dynamic Sampling Agent (DSA) uses the ".debug_command.config" file to store a json string that contains a list of IDs and pre-configured commands. The config file is subsequently used by the "/api/appInternals/1.0/agent/configuration" API to map the corresponding ID to a command to be executed.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 9, 2022 CVE published
September 17, 2024 Record updated