What is CVE-2021-28249?

CVE-2021-28249 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ca Ehealth Performance Manager, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-03-26.

How severe is CVE-2021-28249?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ca Ehealth Performance Manager

CVE-2021-28249

CA eHealth Performance Manager through 6.3.2.12 is affected by Privilege Escalation via a Dynamically Linked Shared Object Library. To exploit the vulnerability, the ehealth user must create a malicious library in the writable RPATH, to be dynamically linked when the FtpCollector executable is run. The code in the library will be executed as the root user. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

EPSS: 0.004 (34.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ca Ehealth_performance_manager
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-28249?: CVE-2021-28249 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ca Ehealth Performance Manager, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-03-26.
How severe is CVE-2021-28249?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.