CVE-2021-38120
Remote Code Execution using Bash command Injection in backup scheduling functionality in NetIQ Advance Authentication
A vulnerability identified in Advance Authentication that allows bash command Injection in administrative controlled functionality of backup due to improper handling in provided command parameters. This issue affects NetIQ Advance Authentication version before 6.3.5.1.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Remote Code Execution using Bash command Injection in backup scheduling functionality in NetIQ Advance Authentication
A vulnerability identified in Advance Authentication that allows bash command Injection in administrative controlled functionality of backup due to improper handling in provided command parameters. This issue affects NetIQ Advance Authentication version before 6.3.5.1.
- Record
CVE-2021-38120- CVSS 3.1
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-24593
A vulnerability identified in Advance Authentication that allows bash command Injection in administrative controlled functionality of backup due to improper handling in provided command parameters. This issue affects NetIQ Advance Authentication version before 6.3.5.1.
- Record
EUVD-2021-24593- CVSS 3.1
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h3vv-p837-jj7r
A vulnerability identified in Advance Authentication that allows bash command Injection in...
A vulnerability identified in Advance Authentication that allows bash command Injection in administrative controlled functionality of backup due to improper handling in provided command parameters. This issue affects NetIQ Advance Authentication version before 6.3.5.1.
- Record
GHSA-h3vv-p837-jj7r- CVSS 3.1
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A vulnerability identified in Advance Authentication that allows bash command Injection in administrative controlled functionality of backup due to improper handling in provided command parameters. This issue affects NetIQ Advance Authentication version before 6.3.5.1.
- Record
CVE-2021-38120- CVSS 3.1
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-38120 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) in Opentext Netiq Advance Authentication, published August 28, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.53%, the 45th percentile. No source names a fixed version.