A vulnerability was found in VeridiumID VeridiumAD 2.5.3.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Push Notification Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in VeridiumID VeridiumAD 2.5.3.0. The HTTP request to trigger push notifications for VeridiumAD enrolled users does not enforce proper access control. A user can trigger push notifications for any other user. The text contained in the push notification can also be modified. If a user who receives the notification accepts it, then the user who triggered the notification can obtain the accepting user's login certificate.

The weakness was presented 01/28/2022 as CSNC-2021-017. It is possible to read the advisory at compass-security.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-42791 since 10/21/2021. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/30/2022). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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