Vulnerability · Published Jul 10, 2023 · Assigned by DIVD

CVE-2021-42082Local Privilege Escalation to root in OSNEXUS QuantaStor before 6.0.0.355

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity privilege mismanagement in QuantaStor from OSNEXUS. 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 8% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Local users are able to execute scripts under root privileges. POC On the local host run the following command: curl 'localhost:8154/qstor/qs_upgrade.py?taskId=1&a=;`whoami`'

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
OSNEXUS QuantaStor 0 – before 6.0.0.355

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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