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CVE-2021-31797

CyberArk Credential Provider Race Condition / Authorization Bypass

Severity Score

5.1
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

The user identification mechanism used by CyberArk Credential Provider prior to 12.1 is susceptible to a local host race condition, leading to password disclosure.

El mecanismo de identificación de usuarios usado por CyberArk Credential Provider versiones anteriores a 12.1, es susceptible a una condición de carrera del host local, conllevando a una divulgación de contraseña

CyberArk's Credential Provider loopback communications on TCP port 18923 are encrypted with key material that has extremely low entropy. In all currently-known use cases, the effective key space is less than 2^16. For an attacker who understands the key derivation scheme and encryption mechanics, knowledge of the source port and access to the payloads of a given client-server exchange are sufficient to reduce effective key space to one. In cases where the source port is not known, the encrypted payloads will be unable to withstand a brute force attack. Additionally, the user identification mechanism used by CyberArk's Credential Provider is vulnerable to a race condition where an unauthorized/unprivileged user can submit one or more encrypted query requests. If the race is won, the attacker will be able to retrieve sensitive information including passwords and password metadata. Versions prior to 12.1 are affected.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2021-04-25 CVE Reserved
  • 2021-09-01 CVE Published
  • 2024-05-17 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-331: Insufficient Entropy
  • CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Cyberark
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Credential Provider
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< 12.1
Search vendor "Cyberark" for product "Credential Provider" and version " < 12.1"
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Affected