Vulnerability CVE-2021-31474
Published: 2021-05-21

Description:
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor 2020.2.1. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the SolarWinds.Serialization library. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in deserialization of untrusted data. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-12213.

Type:

CWE-502

 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
10/10
10/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Solarwinds -> Network performance monitor 

 References:
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-602/
https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/sam/content/release_notes/sam_2020-2-5_release_notes.htm
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