CVE-2021-33191 (GCVE-0-2021-33191)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-24 11:20 – Updated: 2024-08-03 23:42
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
MiNiFi CPP arbitrary script execution is possible on the agent's host machine through the c2 protocol
Summary
From Apache NiFi MiNiFi C++ version 0.5.0 the c2 protocol implements an "agent-update" command which was designed to patch the application binary. This "patching" command defaults to calling a trusted binary, but might be modified to an arbitrary value through a "c2-update" command. Said command is then executed using the same privileges as the application binary. This was addressed in version 0.10.0
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-78 - OS Command Injection
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/24/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6f27a2454f5… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache NiFi - MiNiFi C++ |
Affected:
0.5.0 , < Apache NiFi - MiNiFi C++*
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guessed |
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