Authenticated privilege escalation via API validation misuse
Published Mar 8, 2021 · Updated Sep 16, 2024
Improper validation in Dell PowerScale OneFS 8.1.2, 8.2.2, and 9.1.0 API allows remote authenticated users to escalate privileges. The proprietary API misuses its validation framework when processing input, but Dell has not disclosed the affected endpoint, input, or faulty operation. Exploitation requires an account holding both ISI_PRIV_LOGIN_PAPI and ISI_PRIV_SYS_SUPPORT; Dell reports privilege escalation but no more specific post-escalation capability.
Summary
What happened
Improper validation in Dell PowerScale OneFS 8.1.2, 8.2.2, and 9.1.0 API allows remote authenticated users to escalate privileges. The proprietary API misuses its validation framework when processing input, but Dell has not disclosed the affected endpoint, input, or faulty operation. Exploitation requires an account holding both ISI_PRIV_LOGIN_PAPI and ISI_PRIV_SYS_SUPPORT; Dell reports privilege escalation but no more specific post-escalation capability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-21506
- Published
- Mar 8, 2021
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Vendor
- Dell Technologies
- Product
- PowerScale OneFS
- Classifications
- CWE-20, T1068
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 8, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 16, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <8.1.2, 8.2.2,9.1.0.x,EMPIRE (9.2.0), GOTHAM
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