Authenticated file overwrite through CLI
Published Mar 29, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Arbitrary file write in HPE Aruba Instant allows remote authenticated users to overwrite sensitive system files through the CLI. HPE identifies the locus only as the CLI and has not disclosed the affected command or validation error that permits attacker-controlled content to overwrite an arbitrary file. Access to an authenticated CLI session is required, and successful exploitation replaces sensitive system files with attacker-controlled content.
Summary
What happened
Arbitrary file write in HPE Aruba Instant allows remote authenticated users to overwrite sensitive system files through the CLI. HPE identifies the locus only as the CLI and has not disclosed the affected command or validation error that permits attacker-controlled content to overwrite an arbitrary file. Access to an authenticated CLI session is required, and successful exploitation replaces sensitive system files with attacker-controlled content.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-25148
- Published
- Mar 29, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
- Product
- Aruba Instant
- Classifications
- T1565.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 29, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=Aruba Instant 6.5.x: 6.5.4.17 and below
- Affected versionversion=Aruba Instant 8.3.x: 8.3.0.13 and below
- Affected versionversion=Aruba Instant 8.5.x: 8.5.0.10 and below
- Affected versionversion=Aruba Instant 8.6.x: 8.6.0.4 and below
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