Vulnerability · Published Aug 18, 2021 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2021-34745AppDynamics .NET Agent Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity privilege mismanagement in AppDynamics .NET Agent for Windows from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability in the AppDynamics .NET Agent for Windows could allow an attacker to leverage an authenticated, local user account to gain SYSTEM privileges. This vulnerability is due to the .NET Agent Coordinator Service executing code with SYSTEM privileges. An attacker with local access to a device that is running the vulnerable agent could create a custom process that would be launched with those SYSTEM privileges. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is fixed in AppDynamics .NET Agent Release 21.7.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | AppDynamics .NET Agent for Windows | unspecified – before 21.7 |
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H