CVE-2021-21586 is a vulnerability in Dell Wyse Management Suite
Published on July 15, 2021
Wyse Management Suite versions 3.2 and earlier contain an absolute path traversal vulnerability. A remote authenticated malicious user could exploit this vulnerability in order to read arbitrary files on the system.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-21586 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Absolute Path Traversal
The software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize absolute path sequences such as "/abs/path" that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. This allows attackers to traverse the file system to access files or directories that are outside of the restricted directory.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-21586
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Affected Versions
Dell Wyse Management Suite:- Version unspecified and below 3.3 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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