CVE-2021-42310
published 2021-12-15CVE-2021-42310: Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
PriorityP260critical9.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.99%
78.3th percentile
Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Affected
3 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | defender_for_iot | < 10.5.2 | 10.5.2 |
| microsoft | microsoft_defender_for_iot | >= 22.0.0 < 10.5.2 | 10.5.2 |
| msrc | microsoft_defender_for_iot | — | — |
Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote
- →Monitor for unauthenticated POST requests to the ZipFileConfigurationApiHandler endpoint with path parameter set to 'reset_password', which triggers ZIP extraction to /var/cyberx/reset_password without authentication. ↗
- →The vulnerability exploits the password recovery flow: an attacker uploads a crafted ZIP to the reset_password path, then triggers PasswordRecoveryApiHandler via POST. Even if certificate validation fails, the internal Tomcat reset-password endpoint is still called and a new password is generated and returned. Detect unauthenticated POST requests to the password recovery API endpoint. ↗
- →Monitor for unexpected changes to the 'cyberx' or 'support' user passwords on Defender for IoT appliances, which may indicate exploitation of the password recovery bypass. ↗
- ·The decryption key for the product.tar.gz archive is shared across all Defender for IoT installations, meaning any attacker who obtains it can decrypt the source code from any installation. ↗
- ·Both the Management and Sensor components share roughly the same code base, meaning both are affected by the same vulnerabilities including CVE-2021-42310. ↗
- ·The same web interface credentials are also used as SSH login credentials, meaning a successful password reset via this vulnerability also grants SSH access. ↗
- ·The fix requires upgrading to Microsoft Defender for IoT version 10.5.2 or above. ↗
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
vendor_msrc8.1HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-gjpx-9j96-m8gx: Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-41365, CVE-2021-42311, CVE-2021-42313, CVE-2021-423
ghsa_unreviewed·2021-12-16·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2021-42310 [HIGH] CWE-94 GHSA-gjpx-9j96-m8gx: Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-41365, CVE-2021-42311, CVE-2021-42313, CVE-2021-423
Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-41365, CVE-2021-42311, CVE-2021-42313, CVE-2021-42314, CVE-2021-42315, CVE-2021-43882, CVE-2021-43889.
GHSA
GHSA-p693-2vfq-fpvw: Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-41365, CVE-2021-42310, CVE-2021-42313, CVE-2021-423
ghsa_unreviewed·2021-12-16·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2021-42311 [HIGH] CWE-89 GHSA-p693-2vfq-fpvw: Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-41365, CVE-2021-42310, CVE-2021-42313, CVE-2021-423
Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-41365, CVE-2021-42310, CVE-2021-42313, CVE-2021-42314, CVE-2021-42315, CVE-2021-43882, CVE-2021-43889.
GHSA
GHSA-5x43-cm8r-v5wr: Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-42310, CVE-2021-42311, CVE-2021-42313, CVE-2021-423
ghsa_unreviewed·2021-12-16·CVSS 8.1
CVE-2021-41365 [HIGH] CWE-89 GHSA-5x43-cm8r-v5wr: Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-42310, CVE-2021-42311, CVE-2021-42313, CVE-2021-423
Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-42310, CVE-2021-42311, CVE-2021-42313, CVE-2021-42314, CVE-2021-42315, CVE-2021-43882, CVE-2021-43889.
GHSA
GHSA-rwv9-gxrh-r43w: Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-41365, CVE-2021-42310, CVE-2021-42311, CVE-2021-423
ghsa_unreviewed·2021-12-16·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2021-42313 [HIGH] CWE-89 GHSA-rwv9-gxrh-r43w: Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-41365, CVE-2021-42310, CVE-2021-42311, CVE-2021-423
Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-41365, CVE-2021-42310, CVE-2021-42311, CVE-2021-42314, CVE-2021-42315, CVE-2021-43882, CVE-2021-43889.
GHSA
GHSA-2p7j-4wf3-79hx: Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-41365, CVE-2021-42310, CVE-2021-42311, CVE-2021-423
ghsa_unreviewed·2021-12-16·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2021-42314 [HIGH] CWE-94 GHSA-2p7j-4wf3-79hx: Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-41365, CVE-2021-42310, CVE-2021-42311, CVE-2021-423
Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-41365, CVE-2021-42310, CVE-2021-42311, CVE-2021-42313, CVE-2021-42315, CVE-2021-43882, CVE-2021-43889.
GHSA
GHSA-vf2w-cq9r-cwvw: Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-41365, CVE-2021-42310, CVE-2021-42311, CVE-2021-423
ghsa_unreviewed·2021-12-16·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2021-43882 [HIGH] CWE-295 GHSA-vf2w-cq9r-cwvw: Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-41365, CVE-2021-42310, CVE-2021-42311, CVE-2021-423
Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-41365, CVE-2021-42310, CVE-2021-42311, CVE-2021-42313, CVE-2021-42314, CVE-2021-42315, CVE-2021-43889.
GHSA
GHSA-cgfp-rmx2-46w3: Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-41365, CVE-2021-42310, CVE-2021-42311, CVE-2021-423
ghsa_unreviewed·2021-12-16·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2021-42315 [HIGH] CWE-94 GHSA-cgfp-rmx2-46w3: Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-41365, CVE-2021-42310, CVE-2021-42311, CVE-2021-423
Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-41365, CVE-2021-42310, CVE-2021-42311, CVE-2021-42313, CVE-2021-42314, CVE-2021-43882, CVE-2021-43889.
GHSA
GHSA-rpx5-2jw7-fmx4: Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-41365, CVE-2021-42310, CVE-2021-42311, CVE-2021-423
ghsa_unreviewed·2021-12-16·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2021-43889 [HIGH] CWE-94 GHSA-rpx5-2jw7-fmx4: Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-41365, CVE-2021-42310, CVE-2021-42311, CVE-2021-423
Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-41365, CVE-2021-42310, CVE-2021-42311, CVE-2021-42313, CVE-2021-42314, CVE-2021-42315, CVE-2021-43882.
Microsoft
Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
vendor_msrc·2021-12-14·CVSS 8.1
CVE-2021-42310 [HIGH] Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
FAQ: What version of Microsoft Defender for IoT has the update that protects from this vulnerability?
Version 10.5.2 and above.
What is the action required to take the update?
You need to update to the latest Microsoft Defender for IoT software version. See the Update the software version section of Manage the on-premises management console.
What is Microsoft Defender for IoT?
Microsoft Defender for IoT is a unified security solution for identifying IoT/OT devices, vulnerabilities, and threats. It enables you to secure your entire IoT/OT environment, whether you need to protect existing IoT/OT devices or build security into new IoT innovations. See Microsoft Defender for IoT for more information.
Microsoft Defender for IoT: M
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Sentinelone
Pwning Microsoft Azure Defender for IoT | Multiple Flaws Allow Remote Code Execution for All
blogs_sentinelone·2022-03-28·CVSS 9.8
[CRITICAL] Pwning Microsoft Azure Defender for IoT | Multiple Flaws Allow Remote Code Execution for All
## Pwning Microsoft Azure Defender for IoT | Multiple Flaws Allow Remote Code Execution for All
By Kasif Dekel and Ronen Shustin (independent researcher)
## Executive Summary
SentinelLabs has discovered a number of critical severity flaws in Microsoft Azure’s Defender for IoT affecting cloud and on-premise customers.
Unauthenticated attackers can remotely compromise devices protected by Microsoft Azure Defender for IoT by abusing vulnerabilities in Azure’s Password Recovery mechanism.
SentinelLabs’ findings were proactively reported to Microsoft in June 2021 and the vulnerabilities are tracked as CVE-2021-42310, CVE-2021-42312, CVE-2021-37222, CVE-2021-42313 and CVE-2021-42311 marked as critical, some with CVSS score 9.8.
Microsoft has released security updates to address these criti
Sentinelone
Pwning Microsoft Azure Defender for IoT | Multiple Flaws Allow Remote Code Execution for All
blogs_sentinelone·2022-03-28·CVSS 9.8
[CRITICAL] Pwning Microsoft Azure Defender for IoT | Multiple Flaws Allow Remote Code Execution for All
By Kasif Dekel and Ronen Shustin (independent researcher)
## Executive Summary
- SentinelLabs has discovered a number of critical severity flaws in Microsoft Azure’s Defender for IoT affecting cloud and on-premise customers.
- Unauthenticated attackers can remotely compromise devices protected by Microsoft Azure Defender for IoT by abusing vulnerabilities in Azure’s Password Recovery mechanism.
- SentinelLabs’ findings were proactively reported to Microsoft in June 2021 and the vulnerabilities are tracked as CVE-2021-42310, CVE-2021-42312, CVE-2021-37222, CVE-2021-42313 and CVE-2021-42311 marked as critical, some with CVSS score 9.8.
- Microsoft has released security updates to address these critical vulnerabilities. Users are encouraged to take action immediately.
- At this time, Sentin
2021-12-15
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