9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2021-31800
Impacket SMBServer Path Traversal
Description

Multiple path traversal vulnerabilities exist in smbserver.py in Impacket through 0.9.22. An attacker that connects to a running smbserver instance can list and write to arbitrary files via ../ directory traversal. This could potentially be abused to achieve arbitrary code execution by replacing /etc/shadow or an SSH authorized key.

INFO

Published Date :

May 5, 2021, 11:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:06 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-31800 has a 7 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-31800 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 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Secureauth impacket
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 2
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-2021-31800.

URL Resource
https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L2008 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L2958 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L3485 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L876 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/commit/49c643bf66620646884ed141c94e5fdd85bcdd2f Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/releases Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IPXDPWCAPVX3UWYZ3N2T5OLBSBBUHJP6/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KRV2C5DATXBHG6TF6CEEX54KZ75THQS3/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UF56LYB27LHEIFJTFHU3M75NMNNK2SCG/
https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L2008 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L2958 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L3485 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L876 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/commit/49c643bf66620646884ed141c94e5fdd85bcdd2f Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/releases Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IPXDPWCAPVX3UWYZ3N2T5OLBSBBUHJP6/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KRV2C5DATXBHG6TF6CEEX54KZ75THQS3/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UF56LYB27LHEIFJTFHU3M75NMNNK2SCG/

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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NaInSec/CVE-PoC-in-GitHub

All CVE - PoC in GitHub

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Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago
11 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
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zecool/cve

None

Updated: 1 year, 1 month ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 11, 2024, 1:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 935 different CVEs too.
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d4n-sec/d4n-sec.github.io

None

CSS HTML JavaScript

Updated: 1 year, 2 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2024, 2:11 p.m. This repo has been linked 494 different CVEs too.
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WhooAmii/POC_to_review

None

Updated: 1 year, 2 months ago
2 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Nov. 25, 2022, 5:43 p.m. This repo has been linked 935 different CVEs too.
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Louzogh/CVE-2021-31800

CVE-2021-31800 POC

Dockerfile Python

Updated: 2 years, 5 months ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 2, 2022, 9:02 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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p0dalirius/CVE-2021-31800-Impacket-SMB-Server-Arbitrary-file-read-write

A path traversal in smbserver.py allows an attacker to read/write arbitrary files on the server.

arbitrary file impacket read write smbserver cve-2021-31800

Dockerfile Makefile Python

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
8 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Aug. 28, 2022, 7:04 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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Elsfa7-110/kenzer-templates

None

Python XSLT

Updated: 4 weeks ago
20 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : May 22, 2021, 4:29 p.m. This repo has been linked 350 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-31800 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-31800 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/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L2008
    Added Reference https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L2958
    Added Reference https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L3485
    Added Reference https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L876
    Added Reference https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/commit/49c643bf66620646884ed141c94e5fdd85bcdd2f
    Added Reference https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/releases
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IPXDPWCAPVX3UWYZ3N2T5OLBSBBUHJP6/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KRV2C5DATXBHG6TF6CEEX54KZ75THQS3/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UF56LYB27LHEIFJTFHU3M75NMNNK2SCG/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UF56LYB27LHEIFJTFHU3M75NMNNK2SCG/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KRV2C5DATXBHG6TF6CEEX54KZ75THQS3/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IPXDPWCAPVX3UWYZ3N2T5OLBSBBUHJP6/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UF56LYB27LHEIFJTFHU3M75NMNNK2SCG/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IPXDPWCAPVX3UWYZ3N2T5OLBSBBUHJP6/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KRV2C5DATXBHG6TF6CEEX54KZ75THQS3/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 26, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IPXDPWCAPVX3UWYZ3N2T5OLBSBBUHJP6/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IPXDPWCAPVX3UWYZ3N2T5OLBSBBUHJP6/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KRV2C5DATXBHG6TF6CEEX54KZ75THQS3/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KRV2C5DATXBHG6TF6CEEX54KZ75THQS3/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UF56LYB27LHEIFJTFHU3M75NMNNK2SCG/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UF56LYB27LHEIFJTFHU3M75NMNNK2SCG/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 16, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UF56LYB27LHEIFJTFHU3M75NMNNK2SCG/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IPXDPWCAPVX3UWYZ3N2T5OLBSBBUHJP6/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KRV2C5DATXBHG6TF6CEEX54KZ75THQS3/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 11, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L2008 No Types Assigned https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L2008 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L2958 No Types Assigned https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L2958 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L3485 No Types Assigned https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L3485 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L876 No Types Assigned https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L876 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/commit/49c643bf66620646884ed141c94e5fdd85bcdd2f No Types Assigned https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/commit/49c643bf66620646884ed141c94e5fdd85bcdd2f Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/releases No Types Assigned https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/releases Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-22
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:secureauth:impacket:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 0.9.22
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.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-31800 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-2021-31800 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

39.21 }} 5.32%

score

0.96948

percentile

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