CA Privileged Access Manager up to 2.8.2 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in CA Privileged Access Manager up to 2.8.2. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2018-9021. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in CA Privileged Access Manager up to 2.8.2 (Access Management Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An authentication bypass vulnerability in CA Privileged Access Manager 2.8.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands with specially crafted requests.

The weakness was shared 06/18/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.ca.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-9021 since 03/26/2018. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by Peter Lapp (lappsec) in Python and been published 2 years after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (47748) and SecurityFocus (BID 104496†). The entries VDB-119680, VDB-119683, VDB-119684 and VDB-119685 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Peter Lapp (lappsec)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/26/2018 🔍
06/18/2018 +83 days 🔍
06/18/2018 +0 days 🔍
06/19/2018 +1 days 🔍
12/05/2019 +534 days 🔍
11/10/2025 +2167 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ca.com

Advisory: 155576
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-9021 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-9021
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-119679
SecurityFocus: 104496

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/19/2018 21:20
Updated: 11/10/2025 10:38
Changes: 06/19/2018 21:20 (37), 12/08/2019 18:06 (29), 03/28/2023 08:42 (7), 11/10/2025 10:38 (19)
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Committer: misc
Cache ID: 216::103

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