CVE-2021-42165

HIGH 8.8CVE-2021-42165 · Published 03/05/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-42165 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 14.1%, higher than 96.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
—	No affected product versions are listed for this vulnerability yet.

Description

MitraStar GPT-2541GNAC-N1 (HGU) 100VNZ0b33 devices allow remote authenticated users to obtain root access by executing command "deviceinfo show file &&/bin/bash" because of incorrect sanitization of parameter "path".

References

leoservalli/Privilege-escalation-MitraStar · Exploit
packetstormsecurity.com/files/164333/Mitrastar-GPT-2541GNAC-N1-Privilege-Escalation.html · Exploit
exploit-db.com/exploits/50351 · Exploit

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