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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

CVE-2021-38120

Medium
5.1/10

Summary

A vulnerability identified in Advance Authentication that allows bash command Injection in administrative controlled functionality of backup due to improper handling in provided command parameters. This issue affects NetIQ Advance Authentication version before 6.3.5.1.

  • HIGH
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • HIGH
  • LOW
  • LOW

CWE-77 - Command Injection

A command injection attack involves injecting an operating system command through the data input, which gets executed on the host operating system with the privileges of the victimized application. The impact of a command injection attack may range from loss of data confidentiality and integrity to unauthorized remote access to the hosting system. The attack may cause serious data breaches and system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published