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FreeBSD: VID-98F78C7A-A08E-11ED-946E-002B67DFC673 (CVE-2021-42835): Plex Media Server -- security vulnerability

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FreeBSD: VID-98F78C7A-A08E-11ED-946E-002B67DFC673 (CVE-2021-42835): Plex Media Server -- security vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/22/2021
Created
02/02/2023
Added
01/31/2023
Modified
01/31/2023

Description

An issue was discovered in Plex Media Server through 1.24.4.5081-e362dc1ee. An attacker (with a foothold in a endpoint via a low-privileged user account) can access the exposed RPC service of the update service component. This RPC functionality allows the attacker to interact with the RPC functionality and execute code from a path of his choice (local, or remote via SMB) because of a TOCTOU race condition. This code execution is in the context of the Plex update service (which runs as SYSTEM).

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-plexmediaserver
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-plexmediaserver-plexpass

References

  • CVE-2021-42835

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