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7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2021-27184
Pelco Digital Sentry Server XXE Disclosure
Description

Pelco Digital Sentry Server 7.18.72.11464 has an XML External Entity vulnerability (exploitable via the DTD parameter entities technique), resulting in disclosure and retrieval of arbitrary data on the affected node via an out-of-band (OOB) attack. The vulnerability is triggered when input passed to the XML parser is not sanitized while parsing the ControlPointCacheShare.xml file (in a %APPDATA%\Pelco directory) when DSControlPoint.exe is executed.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 11, 2021, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:57 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-27184 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Pelco digital_sentry_server
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-27184.

URL Resource
https://github.com/vitorespf/Advisories/blob/master/Pelco_Digital_Sentry_Server.txt Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://support.pelco.com/s/article/What-is-the-Digital-Sentry-software-release-revision-history Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/vitorespf/Advisories/blob/master/Pelco_Digital_Sentry_Server.txt Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://support.pelco.com/s/article/What-is-the-Digital-Sentry-software-release-revision-history Release Notes Vendor Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-27184 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-27184 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-27184 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/vitorespf/Advisories/blob/master/Pelco_Digital_Sentry_Server.txt
    Added Reference https://support.pelco.com/s/article/What-is-the-Digital-Sentry-software-release-revision-history
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 17, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/vitorespf/Advisories/blob/master/Pelco_Digital_Sentry_Server.txt No Types Assigned https://github.com/vitorespf/Advisories/blob/master/Pelco_Digital_Sentry_Server.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.pelco.com/s/article/What-is-the-Digital-Sentry-software-release-revision-history No Types Assigned https://support.pelco.com/s/article/What-is-the-Digital-Sentry-software-release-revision-history Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-611
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pelco:digital_sentry_server:7.18.72.11464:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.32 }} -0.40%

score

0.51828

percentile