PT-2021-22942 · Akamai · Akamai Eaa Client

Published 2021-10-04 · Updated 2021-10-12 · CVE-2021-40683

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Akamai EAA Client versions prior to 2.3.1 Akamai EAA Client versions 2.4.x prior to 2.4.1 Akamai EAA Client versions 2.5.x prior to 2.5.3

Description An unquoted path in the Akamai EAA Client may allow an attacker to hijack the flow of execution.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.3.1, update to version 2.3.1 or later. For versions 2.4.x prior to 2.4.1, update to version 2.4.1 or later. For versions 2.5.x prior to 2.5.3, update to version 2.5.3 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-428

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-40683

Affected Products

Akamai Eaa Client

References · 6

• 🔥 https://akamai.com/blog/news/eaa-client-escalation-of-privilege-vulnerability · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-40683 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40683 · Security Note
• https://akamai.com/products/enterprise-application-access · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/29891 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/21877 · Telegram Post