CVE-2021-38159

published 2021-08-07

CVE-2021-38159: In certain Progress MOVEit Transfer versions before 2021.0.4 (aka 13.0.4), SQL injection in the MOVEit Transfer web application could allow an unauthenticated…

Priority P2 61 critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I H A H

In certain Progress MOVEit Transfer versions before 2021.0.4 (aka 13.0.4), SQL injection in the MOVEit Transfer web application could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to gain access to the database. Depending on the database engine being used (MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, or Azure SQL), an attacker may be able to infer information about the structure and contents of the database, or execute SQL statements that alter or delete database elements, via crafted strings sent to unique MOVEit Transfer transaction types. The fixed versions are 2019.0.8 (11.0.8), 2019.1.7 (11.1.7), 2019.2.4 (11.2.4), 2020.0.7 (12.0.7), 2020.1.6 (12.1.6), and 2021.0.4 (13.0.4).

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
progress	moveit_transfer	< 2019.0.8	2019.0.8
progress	moveit_transfer	>= 2019.1 < 2019.1.7	2019.1.7
progress	moveit_transfer	>= 2019.2 < 2019.2.4	2019.2.4
progress	moveit_transfer	>= 2020.0 < 2020.0.7	2020.0.7
progress	moveit_transfer	>= 2020.1 < 2020.1.6	2020.1.6
progress	moveit_transfer	>= 2021.0 < 2021.0.4	2021.0.4

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

url https://files.palantir.com/↗

url https://blog.viettelcybersecurity.com/moveit-transfer-cve/↗

• → Alert on anomalous or error-inducing SQL patterns in HTTP request bodies/parameters targeting MOVEit Transfer web endpoints, particularly from unauthenticated sessions ↗

• · Vulnerability affects multiple database backends; detection and impact scope differ depending on which engine is deployed (MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, or Azure SQL) ↗
• · Only MOVEit Transfer versions before 2021.0.4 (13.0.4) are affected; verify patched versions 2019.0.8, 2019.1.7, 2019.2.4, 2020.0.7, 2020.1.6, and 2021.0.4 are deployed ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 7.5 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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