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CVE-2021-41316
The Device42 Main Appliance before 17.05.01 does not sanitize user input in its Nmap Discovery utility. An attacker (with permissions to…
High8.1EPSS 1.4%
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Description
The Device42 Main Appliance before 17.05.01 does not sanitize user input in its Nmap Discovery utility. An attacker (with permissions to add or edit jobs run by this utility) can inject an extra argument to overwrite arbitrary files as the root user on the Remote Collector.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 27% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (3)
- https://docs.device42.com/auto-discovery/remote-collector-rc/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://blog.device42.com/2021/09/critical-fixes-in-17-05-01/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://docs.device42.com/auto-discovery/nmap-autodiscovery/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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