CVE-2021-42855

Local privilege escalation due to misconfigured write permission on .debug_command.config file

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Mar 9, 2022
Updated: Sep 17, 2024
Reserved: Oct 25, 2021

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	GovTech CSG

Weaknesses

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

Affected Products

Product	Versions
SteelCentral AppInternals Dynamic Sampling AgentAternity	10.xAffected 12.13.0 to before 12.13.0Affected 11.8.8 to before 11.8.8Affected

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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