qos logback CVE-2021-42550 vulnerability in Qos and Other Products
Published on December 16, 2021

RCE from attacker with configuration edit priviledges through JNDI lookup

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In logback version 1.2.7 and prior versions, an attacker with the required privileges to edit configurations files could craft a malicious configuration allowing to execute arbitrary code loaded from LDAP servers.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2021-42550 is exploitable with network access, and requires user privileges. 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.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
HIGH
Privileges Required:
HIGH
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

What is a Marshaling, Unmarshaling Vulnerability?

The application deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid.

CVE-2021-42550 has been classified to as a Marshaling, Unmarshaling vulnerability or weakness.


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Affected Versions

QOS.ch logback:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
2.60%
Percentile
85.35%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.