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CVE-2021-42857 Detail

Description

It was discovered that the SteelCentral AppInternals Dynamic Sampling Agent's (DSA) AgentDaServlet has directory traversal vulnerabilities at the "/api/appInternals/1.0/agent/da/pcf" API. The affected endpoint does not have any validation of the user's input that allows a malicious payload to be injected.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score matches with CNA score
CNA:  Government Technology Agency of Singapore Cyber Security Group (GovTech CSG)
Base Score:  5.3 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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Hyperlink Resource
https://aternity.force.com/customersuccess/s/article/Directory-Traversal-Partial-Write-at-AgentDaServlet-CVE-2021-42857 Third Party Advisory 
https://aternity.force.com/customersuccess/s/article/Directory-Traversal-Partial-Write-at-AgentDaServlet-CVE-2021-42857 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation Government Technology Agency of Singapore Cyber Security Group (GovTech CSG)  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:riverbed:steelcentral_appinternals_dynamic_sampling_agent:10.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:riverbed:steelcentral_appinternals_dynamic_sampling_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		From (including)
11.0.0		Up to (excluding)
11.8.8
 cpe:2.3:a:riverbed:steelcentral_appinternals_dynamic_sampling_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		From (including)
12.0.0		Up to (excluding)
12.13.0

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-42857
NVD Published Date:
03/10/2022
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
Government Technology Agency of Singapore Cyber Security Group (GovTech CSG)