Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-32981

High

Published: 04 April 2022

Published
04 April 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0024 47.0th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-32981 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Aveva System Platform. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 47.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

AVEVA System Platform versions 2017 through 2020 R2 P01 uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the software does not properly neutralize…

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special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

aveva
system platform
2020 · 2017 — 2020

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.

addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References