CA eHealth Performance Manager through 6.3.2.12 is affected by Privilege Escalation via a…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-426.
Summary
CA eHealth Performance Manager through 6.3.2.12 is affected by Privilege Escalation via a Dynamically Linked Shared Object Library. A regular user must create a malicious library in the writable RPATH, to be dynamically linked when the emtgtctl2 executable is run. The code in the library will be executed as the ehealth user. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-28246
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r7r2-rwr9-c3gj
References
More Broadcom Ehealth vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-09451 CA eHealth Performance Manager through 6.3.2.12 is affected by Improper Restriction of… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2016-05280 CA eHealth 6.2.x and 6.3.x before 6.3.2.13 allows remote authenticated users to cause a… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2021-28246 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-28246 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r7r2-rwr9-c3gj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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