High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 10, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-42855

Description

It was discovered that the SteelCentral AppInternals Dynamic Sampling Agent (DSA) uses the ".debug_command.config" file to store a json string that contains a list of IDs and pre-configured commands. The config file is subsequently used by the "/api/appInternals/1.0/agent/configuration" API to map the corresponding ID to a command to be executed.

Affected products

Riverbed/Steelcentral Appinternals Dynamic Sampling Agent2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:riverbed:steelcentral_appinternals_dynamic_sampling_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:riverbed:steelcentral_appinternals_dynamic_sampling_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=11.0.0,<11.8.8
- cpe:2.3:a:riverbed:steelcentral_appinternals_dynamic_sampling_agent:10.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
SteelCentral/AppInternals Dynamic Sampling Agentllm-create
Aternity/Steelcentral Appinternals Dynamic Sampling Agentv5
Range: 10.x

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

aternity.force.com/customersuccess/s/article/Local-privilege-escalation-due-to-misconfigured-write-permission-on-debug-command-config-file-CVE-2021-42855nvdThird Party Advisory

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