CVE-2021-42855

Local privilege escalation due to misconfigured write permission on .debug_command.config file

Published Mar 9, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
It was discovered that the SteelCentral AppInternals Dynamic Sampling Agent (DSA) uses the ".debug_command.config" file to store a json string that contains a list of IDs and pre-configured commands. The config file is subsequently used by the "/api/appInternals/1.0/agent/configuration" API to map the corresponding ID to a command to be executed.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-29810 It was discovered that the SteelCentral AppInternals Dynamic Sampling Agent (DSA) uses the ".debug_command.config" file to store a json string that contains a list of IDs and pre-configured commands. The config file is subsequently used by the "/api/appInternals/1.0/agent/configuration" API to map the corresponding ID to a command to be executed.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GovTech CSG
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 2:36 AM
Reserved
Oct 25, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 10, 2022, 5:44 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:10 AM