VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2021-38294

unknown
Published 2021-10-27 · Modified 2023-11-08
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CVSS v3
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
1.0

Description

Command injection leading to Remote Code Execution in Apache Storm

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

exploit_linux/misc/nimbus_gettopologyhistory_cmd_exec rank 600
Apache Storm Nimbus getTopologyHistory Unauthenticated Command Execution
Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Package impact
EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
java Mavenorg.apache.storm:storm>=2.2.0,<2.2.12.2.1
java Mavenorg.apache.storm:storm>=2.0.0,<2.1.12.1.1
java Mavenorg.apache.storm:storm>=1.0.0,<1.2.41.2.4

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.