Vulnerability · Published May 3, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2021-42165

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 14.1% (higher than 97% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)14.1%top 3.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

MitraStar GPT-2541GNAC-N1 (HGU) 100VNZ0b33 devices allow remote authenticated users to obtain root access by executing command "deviceinfo show file &&/bin/bash" because of incorrect sanitization of parameter "path".

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50351 x_refsource_MISC
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164333/Mitrastar-GPT-2541GNAC-N1-Privilege-Escalation.html x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/leoservalli/Privilege-escalation-MitraStar/blob/main/README.md x_refsource_MISC