Root file overwrite via Nmap argument injection
Published Sep 17, 2021 · Updated Aug 4, 2024
Argument injection in Device42 Main Appliance before 17.05.01 allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files on a Remote Collector. The Nmap Discovery utility passes unsanitized job input as an extra Nmap argument, enabling a root-run collector process to replace attacker-chosen files. The attacker must hold permission to add or edit Nmap Discovery jobs; the resulting write occurs with root privileges and can corrupt collector data or system files.
Summary
What happened
Argument injection in Device42 Main Appliance before 17.05.01 allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files on a Remote Collector. The Nmap Discovery utility passes unsanitized job input as an extra Nmap argument, enabling a root-run collector process to replace attacker-chosen files. The attacker must hold permission to add or edit Nmap Discovery jobs; the resulting write occurs with root privileges and can corrupt collector data or system files.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-41316
- Published
- Sep 17, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-88, T1565
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Sep 17, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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