Published:2021/06/18  Last Updated:2021/06/28

JVN#21298724
Hitachi Virtual File Platform vulnerable to OS command injection

Overview

Hitachi Virtual File Platform contains an OS command injection vulnerability.

Products Affected

  • Hitachi Virtual File Platform
    • Versions prior to 5.5.3-09
    • Versions prior to 6.4.3-09
In addition, the following product that uses Hitachi Virtual File Platform is also affected by this issue. For the details, refer to the information under the section [Vendor Status].
  • NEC Storage M Series NAS Gateway
    • Nh4a/Nh8a versions prior to FOS 5.5.3-08(NEC2.5.4a)
    • Nh4b/Nh8b, Nh4c/Nh8c versions prior to FOS 6.4.3-08(NEC3.4.2)

Description

Hitachi Virtual File Platform provided by Hitachi contains an OS command injection vulnerability (CWE-78) due to a flaw in processing parameters of the HTTP requests.

Impact

A remote attacker who can log in to the product may execute an arbitrary OS command with root privilege.

Solution

Update the Software
Update the software to the latest version according to the information provided by the developer.

Vendor Status

Vendor Status Last Update Vendor Notes
Hitachi Vulnerable 2021/06/18
NEC Corporation Vulnerable 2021/06/18

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

CVSS v3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score: 8.8
Attack Vector(AV) Physical (P) Local (L) Adjacent (A) Network (N)
Attack Complexity(AC) High (H) Low (L)
Privileges Required(PR) High (H) Low (L) None (N)
User Interaction(UI) Required (R) None (N)
Scope(S) Unchanged (U) Changed (C)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
CVSS v2 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Base Score: 9.0
Access Vector(AV) Local (L) Adjacent Network (A) Network (N)
Access Complexity(AC) High (H) Medium (M) Low (L)
Authentication(Au) Multiple (M) Single (S) None (N)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)

Credit

Hiroki MATSUKUMA of Cyber Defense Institute, Inc. reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE CVE-2021-20740
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2021-000053

Update History

2021/06/28
Fixed the information under the section [Products Affected]