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High severity · published Feb 23, 2021
CVE-2021-26677
A local authenticated escalation of privilege vulnerability was discovered in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager version(s): Prior to 6.9.5, 6.8.8-HF1, 6.7.14-HF1
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A local authenticated escalation of privilege vulnerability was discovered in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager version(s): Prior to 6.9.5, 6.8.8-HF1, 6.7.14-HF1. A vulnerability in ClearPass OnGuard could allow local authenticated users on a Windows platform to elevate their privileges. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM level privileges.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 24% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CP
Clearpass Policy Manager · Arubanetworks
before 6.7.14; 6.8.0 before 6.8.7; 6.9.0 before 6.9.2 · source: NVD
Affected product
CP
Clearpass Policy Manager
Arubanetworks
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-26677
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-26677
Vendor Advisory
https://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2021-004.txt
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