CVE-2021-42855

Published: Mar 9, 2022

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Aternity	SteelCentral AppInternals Dynamic Sampling Agent	affected `10.x` affected `12.13.0 - < 12.13.0` affected `11.8.8 - < 11.8.8`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-284

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

https://aternity.force.com/customersuccess/s/article/Local-privilege-escalation-due-to-misconfigured-write-permission-on-debug-command-config-file-CVE-2021-42855

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CVE-2021-42855

Description

Affected Products

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

References