VDB-183817 · CVE-2021-40683 · GCVE-0-2021-40683

Akamai Technologies EAA up to 2.3.0/2.4.0/2.5.2 unquoted search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Akamai Technologies EAA up to 2.3.0/2.4.0/2.5.2. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes unquoted search path. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2021-40683. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Akamai Technologies EAA up to 2.3.0/2.4.0/2.5.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unquoted search path vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-428. The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 10/05/2021. The advisory is shared at akamai.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-40683 since 09/07/2021. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1574.009 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 2.3.1, 2.4.1 or 2.5.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Akamai Technologies

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unquoted search path
CWE: CWE-428 / CWE-426
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: EAA 2.3.1/2.4.1/2.5.3

Timelineinfo

09/07/2021 🔍
10/05/2021 +28 days 🔍
10/05/2021 +0 days 🔍
10/09/2021 +4 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: akamai.com
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2021-40683 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-40683
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-183817

Entryinfo

Created: 10/05/2021 11:20
Updated: 10/09/2021 07:40
Changes: 10/05/2021 11:20 (38), 10/09/2021 07:40 (2)
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