Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2021-42550 |
CWE-ID | CWE-94 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
SINEC NMS Server applications / Remote management servers, RDP, SSH |
Vendor | Siemens |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU59053
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-42550
CWE-ID:
CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote user can send a specially crafted request to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system by tricking the application to load a malicious configuration from a remote LDAP server.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsSINEC NMS: 1.0 SP1 - 1.0 SP2 Update 1
External linkshttp://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/document/109813788/download-and-sales-delivery-release-for-sinec-nms-v1-0-sp3?lc=en-ww
http://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-371761.html
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.