High severity · published Oct 1, 2021
CVE-2021-29108
There is an privilege escalation vulnerability in organization-specific logins in Esri Portal for ArcGIS versions 10.9 and below that may allow a remote, authenticated attacker…
8.8
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
There is an privilege escalation vulnerability in organization-specific logins in Esri Portal for ArcGIS versions 10.9 and below that may allow a remote, authenticated attacker who is able to intercept and modify a SAML assertion to impersonate another account (XML Signature Wrapping Attack). In addition patching, Esri also strongly recommends as best practice for SAML assertions to be signed and encrypted.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PF
Portal For Arcgis · Esri
through 10.9 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29108
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-29108
Product
https://downloads.esri.com/RESOURCES/ENTERPRISEGIS/Organization-Specific_Logins_FAQs.pdf
Vendor Advisory
https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-enterprise/administration/Portal-for-ArcGIS-Security-2021-Update-1-Patch/
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