CVE-2021-20740: Hitachi Virtual File Platform Versions prior to 5.5.3-09 and Versions prior to 6.4.3-09, and NEC Storage M Series NAS Gateway Nh4a/Nh8a versions prior to FOS…

PriorityP260high8.8CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

3.11%

86.1th percentile

Hitachi Virtual File Platform Versions prior to 5.5.3-09 and Versions prior to 6.4.3-09, and NEC Storage M Series NAS Gateway Nh4a/Nh8a versions prior to FOS 5.5.3-08(NEC2.5.4a) and Nh4b/Nh8b, Nh4c/Nh8c versions prior to FOS 6.4.3-08(NEC3.4.2) allow remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges via unspecified vectors.

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
hitachi	virtual_file_platform	< 6.4.3-09	6.4.3-09
hitachi	virtual_file_platform	< 5.5.3-09	5.5.3-09
hitachi_and_nec_corporation	hitachi_virtual_file_platform_and_nec_storage_m_series_nas_gateway_which_uses_hi	—	—
nec	nas_gateway_nh4a_firmware	< fos_5.5.3-08\(nec2.5.4a\)	fos_5.5.3-08\(nec2.5.4a\)
nec	nas_gateway_nh4b_firmware	< fos_6.4.3-08\(nec3.4.2\)	fos_6.4.3-08\(nec3.4.2\)
nec	nas_gateway_nh4c_firmware	< fos_6.4.3-08\(nec3.4.2\)	fos_6.4.3-08\(nec3.4.2\)
nec	nas_gateway_nh8a_firmware	< fos_5.5.3-08\(nec2.5.4a\)	fos_5.5.3-08\(nec2.5.4a\)
nec	nas_gateway_nh8b_firmware	< fos_6.4.3-08\(nec3.4.2\)	fos_6.4.3-08\(nec3.4.2\)
nec	nas_gateway_nh8c_firmware	< fos_6.4.3-08\(nec3.4.2\)	fos_6.4.3-08\(nec3.4.2\)

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.09.0CRITICALAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

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