CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-36166

Published: Jan 06, 2021 | Modified: Jan 12, 2021
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An issue was discovered in Veritas InfoScale 7.x through 7.4.2 on Windows, Storage Foundation through 6.1 on Windows, Storage Foundation HA through 6.1 on Windows, and InfoScale Operations Manager (aka VIOM) Windows Management Server 7.x through 7.4.2. On start-up, it loads the OpenSSL library from usrlocalssl. This library attempts to load the usrlocalsslopenssl.cnf configuration file, which may not exist. On Windows systems, this path could translate to :usrlocalsslopenssl.cnf, where could be the default Windows installation drive such as C: or the drive where a Veritas product is installed. By default, on Windows systems, users can create directories under any top-level directory. A low privileged user can create a :usrlocalsslopenssl.cnf configuration file to load a malicious OpenSSL engine, resulting in arbitrary code execution as SYSTEM when the service starts. This gives the attacker administrator access on the system, allowing the attacker (by default) to access all data, access all installed applications, etc.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Infoscale Veritas 7.0.0 (including) 7.4.2 (including)
Infoscale_operations_manager Veritas 7.0.0 (including) 7.4.2 (including)
Storage_foundation Veritas * 6.1 (including)
Storage_foundation_and_high_availability Veritas * 6.1 (including)

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