CVE-2021-32942

MEDIUM

6.6

CVSS v3

Description

The vulnerability could expose cleartext credentials from AVEVA InTouch Runtime 2020 R2 and all prior versions (WindowViewer) if an authorized, privileged user creates a diagnostic memory dump of the process and saves it to a non-protected location.

CWE-316 CWE-312

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.18%probability of exploitation in 30 days

8thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 8% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-316 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-2366	High	9.0	1.3%	-	-
CVE-2024-33901	Medium	6.5	0.7%	-	-
CVE-2022-29832	Low	3.7	0.6%	-	-
CVE-2019-3733	Medium	4.9	0.6%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-3762	Medium	4.3	0.4%	-	-
CVE-2021-31989	Medium	5.3	0.4%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2021-32942?

No published fix for CVE-2021-32942 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

Is CVE-2021-32942 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2021-32942 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.18% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 8% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2021-32942?

CVE-2021-32942 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.6, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

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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.