CVE-2021-38112

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
In the Amazon AWS WorkSpaces client 3.0.10 through 3.1.8 on Windows, argument injection in the workspaces:// URI handler can lead to remote code execution because of the Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) --gpu-launcher argument. This is fixed in 3.1.9.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-38112
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-09-22T02:15:09
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-09-30T16:34:12
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-88 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/88.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:aws_workspaces:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 1 OR 3.0.10 3.1.9
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/workspaces/latest/userguide/amazon-workspaces-windows-client.html#windows-release-notes Vendor Advisory
https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/cve-2021-38112-aws-workspaces-rce/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38112
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-38112
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:52:51 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 11:05:26 2021-09-22T02:15Z 2021-09-22T02:15:09 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 11:05:26 2021-09-30T16:34:12 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 11:05:26 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated