CVE-2021-37444
Published: 25 July 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-37444 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Nchsoftware Ivm Attendant. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 21.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-24009
Vulnerability details
NCH IVM Attendant v5.12 and earlier suffers from a directory traversal weakness upon uploading plugins in a ZIP archive. This can lead to code execution if a ZIP element's pathname is set to a Windows startup folder, a file for…
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the inbuilt Out-Going Message function, or a file for the the inbuilt Autodial function.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Requiring identifiable owners for portable devices reduces the attack surface for unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types via anonymous media.
Dangerous file uploads can be detonated in the chamber to determine malice before any production write or execution occurs.
Prevents unrestricted writing of arbitrary or malicious firmware by keeping hardware write-protect enabled except under tightly controlled manual procedures.
Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.
Scans files from external sources on download/open/execute, blocking unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types.