Medium severity · published Aug 25, 2021
CVE-2021-31989
A user with permission to log on to the machine hosting the AXIS Device Manager client could under certain conditions extract a memory dump from the built-in Windows Task Manager…
5.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A user with permission to log on to the machine hosting the AXIS Device Manager client could under certain conditions extract a memory dump from the built-in Windows Task Manager application. The memory dump may potentially contain credentials of connected Axis devices.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DM
Device Manager · Axis
5.00.010 through 5.16.063 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31989
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-31989
Vendor Advisory
https://www.axis.com/files/tech_notes/CVE-2021-31989.pdf
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