Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Hitachi Desktop Management Software
CVE-2021-29645

7HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Hitachi
Status
It Operations Director
Job Management Partner 1\/it Desktop Management-manager
Job Management Partner 1\/it Desktop Management 2-manager
Job Management Partner 1\/remote Control Agent
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 October 2021

What is CVE-2021-29645?

The Hitachi JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 Agent versions 9 through 12 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability caused by the improper handling of the SendMessageTimeoutW API with arbitrary arguments through a local pipe. This flaw can be exploited by attackers who have local access to the system, allowing them to execute arbitrary code, potentially compromising the integrity and confidentiality of the system.

References

https://www.hitachi.com/hirt/security/index.html
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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