CVE-2021-42082 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting OSNexus QuantaStor, allowing authenticated local users to execute arbitrary scripts with root privileges. Rated 7.8 HIGH, this flaw has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the potential for significant impact remains.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.0.0.355CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:osnexus:quantastor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 0, < 6.0.0.355CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:osnexus:quantastor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.