PT-2021-18382 · Hitachi · Hitachi Jp1/It Desktop Management 2 Agent

Published 2021-10-12 · Updated 2022-07-12 · CVE-2021-29645

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Hitachi JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 Agent versions 9 through 12

Description The issue allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the local system due to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This is caused by Hitachi JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 Agent calling the SendMessageTimeoutW API with arbitrary arguments via a local pipe.

Recommendations For Hitachi JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 Agent versions 9 through 12, consider restricting access to the local pipe used by the SendMessageTimeoutW API until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, disabling the use of arbitrary arguments in the SendMessageTimeoutW API call may help minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-29645

Affected Products

Hitachi Jp1/It Desktop Management 2 Agent

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-29645 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29645 · Security Note
• https://hitachi.com/hirt/security/index.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/30443 · Telegram Post