Many of the services used by the affected product do not specify full paths for the DLLs they are loading. An attacker can exploit the uncontrolled search path by implanting their own DLL near the affected product’s binaries, thus hijacking the loaded DLL.
Published 2021-10-22 12:15:09
Updated 2021-10-28 18:52:26
Source ICS-CERT
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Products affected by CVE-2021-38469

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-38469

0.13%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 34 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2021-38469

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.3
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
8.6
2.9
NIST
9.1
CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
3.9
5.2
ICS-CERT
7.1
HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
1.8
5.2
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2021-38469

  • The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors.
    Assigned by: ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2021-38469

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