CVE-2021-31798 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The effective key space used to encrypt the cache in CyberArk Credential Provider prior to 12.1 has low entropy, and under certain conditions a local malicious user can obtain the plaintext of cache files.

Published: 2021-09-02

Score: 4.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cyberark:credential_provider:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-18679	The effective key space used to encrypt the cache in CyberArk Credential Provider prior to 12.1 has low entropy, and under certain conditions a local malicious user can obtain the plaintext of cache files.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00113.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164035/CyberArk-Credential-Provider-Local-Cache-Decryption.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/3
https://korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2021-010.txt
https://www.cyberark.com/resources/blog

History

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Subscriptions

Cyberark Credential Provider

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-09-02T00:09:46.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T23:10:30.779Z

Reserved: 2021-04-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-31798

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-02T01:15:06.447

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:06:14.727

Link: CVE-2021-31798

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-331

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