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Improper Access Control

CVE-2021-37183

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in SINEMA Remote Connect Server (All versions < V3.0 SP2). The affected software allows sending send-to-sleep notifications to the managed devices. An unauthenticated attacker in the same network of the affected system can abuse these notifications to cause a Denial-of-Service condition in the managed devices.

  • LOW
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published