CVE-2021-31800 is a critical path traversal vulnerability affecting Impacket through version 0.9.22, specifically within its smbserver.py component, and impacts Fedora and SecureAuth Impacket products. With a CVSS score of 9.8, an unauthenticated attacker can remotely list and write to arbitrary files, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution by overwriting critical system files. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.9.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:secureauth:impacket:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
33CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
34CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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