Is CVE-2021-31581 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-31581 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-31581?

CVE-2021-31581 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.9 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-31581?

CVE-2021-31581 has an EPSS score of 1.22% (65th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-31581?

Upgrade ova appliance to 3.0 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-31581

HIGH

7.9

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The restricted shell provided by Akkadian Provisioning Manager Engine (PME) can be escaped by abusing the 'Edit MySQL Configuration' command. This command launches a standard vi editor interface which can then be escaped. This issue was resolved in Akkadian OVA appliance version 3.0 (and later), Akkadian Provisioning Manager 5.0.2 (and later), and Akkadian Appliance Manager 3.3.0.314-4a349e0 (and later).

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management CWE-312

How to fix

Remediation Available

ova applianceNVD

Affected:< 3.0Fixed in:3.0CVE-2021-31581derived from NVD

provisioning managerNVD

Affected:>= 4.0.0, < 5.0.2Fixed in:5.0.2CVE-2021-31581derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.22%probability of exploitation in 30 days

65thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 65% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

rapid7.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.