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 · NVD. 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. To exploit the vulnerability, the ehealth user must create a malicious library in the writable RPATH, to be dynamically linked when the FtpCollector executable is run. The code in the library will be executed as the root user. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
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-2021-28249
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w5q5-m2h3-58j5
References
More Ca Ehealth Performance Manager vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-09450 CA eHealth Performance Manager through 6.3.2.12 is affected by Cross Site Scripting (XSS). CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2021-09453 CA eHealth Performance Manager through 6.3.2.12 is affected by Privilege Escalation via a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2010-00609 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CA eHealth Performance Manager 6.0.x through… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.6
Sources
- CVE-2021-28249 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-28249 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w5q5-m2h3-58j5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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