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CVE-2021-34996 High · 8.8 EPSS 82.3%

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Commvault CommCell…

Commvault · CommCell

Summary

The Commvault CommCell 11.22.22 product contains a flaw in the Demo_ExecuteProcessOnGroup workflow that allows execution of arbitrary commands, and the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. A remote attacker with network access, who can create a workflow, can specify an arbitrary command to run in the context of SYSTEM, though the attack requires that the attacker has some form of low-privilege access to the system.

Official description · CVE.org

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Commvault CommCell 11.22.22. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the Demo_ExecuteProcessOnGroup workflow. By creating a workflow, an attacker can specify an arbitrary command to be executed. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-13889.

Breakdown
26.1 / 100
Exploited
Not confirmed
Reports
0
Tactics
0/15

Disclosed on 13 Jan 2022. No public exploit code or confirmed exploitation is recorded.

techniques

No techniques linked

No ATT&CK techniques are linked to this CVE yet. MITRE CTID has not mapped it, and no report passage in the corpus ties it to a technique.

What security researchers reported

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