Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2021-33813 |
CWE-ID | CWE-611 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V Client/Desktop applications / Antivirus software/Personal firewalls IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware Client/Desktop applications / Antivirus software/Personal firewalls IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management Server applications / DLP, anti-spam, sniffers IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client Client/Desktop applications / Software for system administration |
Vendor | IBM Corporation |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU61721
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-33813
CWE-ID:
CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input within the SAXBuilder. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and view contents of arbitrary files on the system or initiate requests to external systems.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to view contents of arbitrary file on the server or perform network scanning of internal and external infrastructure.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsIBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V: before 8.1.17.2
IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware: before 8.1.17.2
IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management: before 8.1.17.2
IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client: before 8.1.17.2
External linkshttp://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6962863
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.