CVE-2021-42561

Published Jan 12, 2022

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

Description
An issue was discovered in CALDERA 2.8.1. When activated, the Human plugin passes the unsanitized name parameter to a python "os.system" function. This allows attackers to use shell metacharacters (e.g., backticks "``" or dollar parenthesis "$()" ) in order to escape the current command and execute arbitrary shell commands.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
8.8
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
2.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
9
Impact score
10
Exploitability score
8
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-74

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations