Authenticated host-file access via path traversal
Published Oct 15, 2021 · Updated Aug 4, 2024
Path traversal in HPE Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager allows remote authenticated users to access sensitive files on the underlying host. The web-based management interface fails to confine an attacker-controlled path to its intended directory, while HPE has not identified the affected handler or parameter. An authenticated management-interface account and network access are required; successful exploitation leads to full system compromise.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in HPE Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager allows remote authenticated users to access sensitive files on the underlying host. The web-based management interface fails to confine an attacker-controlled path to its intended directory, while HPE has not identified the affected handler or parameter. An authenticated management-interface account and network access are required; successful exploitation leads to full system compromise.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-40988
- Published
- Oct 15, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Vendor
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
- Product
- HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager
- Classifications
- CWE-22, T1005
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 15, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=ClearPass Policy Manager 6.10.x prior to 6.10.2 - - ClearPass Policy Manager 6.9.x prior to 6.9.7-HF1 - - ClearPass Policy Manager 6.8.x prior to 6.8.9-HF1
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What is affected?
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