CVE-2021-42855 (GCVE-0-2021-42855)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-09 16:51 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:36
VLAI
Title
Local privilege escalation due to misconfigured write permission on .debug_command.config file
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Aternity SteelCentral AppInternals Dynamic Sampling Agent Affected: 10.x
Affected: 12.13.0 , < 12.13.0 (custom)
Affected: 11.8.8 , < 11.8.8 (custom)
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Date Public
2022-02-23 00:00
Credits
Darrel Huang, Bjorn Lim, Leng Kang Hao from Government Technology Agency of Singapore
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