Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-32572

HighPublic PoC

Published: 12 May 2021

Published
12 May 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0043 63.0th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-32572 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Specotech Web Viewer. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 37.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Speco Web Viewer through 2021-05-12 allows Directory Traversal via GET request for a URI with /.. at the beginning, as demonstrated by reading the /etc/passwd file.

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

specotech
web viewer
≤ 2021-05-12

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References