Description
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor 2020 HF1, NPM: 2020.2. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the WriteToFile method. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to construct SQL queries. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and reset the password for the Admin user. Was ZDI-CAN-11804.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.0
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected products
- SolarWinds / Network Performance Monitor2020 HF1, NPM: 2020.2 – 2020 HF1, NPM: 2020.2
References
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-064/