CVE-2021-3540 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-3540

Ivanti MobileIron Core clish Restricted Shell Escape via Argument Injection

Vulnerability Description

By abusing the 'install rpm info detail' command, an attacker can escape the restricted clish shell on affected versions of Ivanti MobileIron Core. This issue was fixed in version 11.1.0.0.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • William Vu of Rapid7

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

MobileIron Core
Vulnerable Versions:
10.7.0.1-9, 11.0.0.1-3

Timeline

Official Publish: July 22nd, 2021
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-88

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation