Vulnerability · Published Oct 25, 2021 · Assigned by SolarWinds

CVE-2021-35231Unquoted Path (SMB Login) Vulnerability

Medium 6.7

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Kiwi Syslog Server from SolarWinds. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.7Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

As a result of an unquoted service path vulnerability present in the Kiwi Syslog Server Installation Wizard, a local attacker could gain escalated privileges by inserting an executable into the path of the affected service or uninstall entry. Example vulnerable path: "Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Kiwi Syslog Server\Parameters\Application".

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
SolarWinds	Kiwi Syslog Server	9.7.2 and previous versions – before 9.8

Weakness: CWE-428 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2021-35231 x_refsource_MISC
https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/kss/content/release_notes/kss_9-8_release_notes.htm x_refsource_MISC