Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-38136

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 06 August 2021

Published
06 August 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0038 60.0th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-38136 is a medium-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Corero Securewatch Managed Services. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 40.0% 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

Corero SecureWatch Managed Services 9.7.2.0020 is affected by a Path Traversal vulnerability via the snap_file parameter in the /it-IT/splunkd/__raw/services/get_snapshot HTTP API endpoint. A ‘low privileged’ attacker can read any file on the target host.

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

corero
securewatch managed services
9.7.2.0020

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