CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-3122
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-02-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
Description
CMCAgent in NCR Command Center Agent 16.3 on Aloha POS/BOH servers permits the submission of a runCommand parameter (within an XML document sent to port 8089) that enables the remote, unauthenticated execution of an arbitrary command as SYSTEM, as exploited in the wild in 2020 and/or 2021. NOTE: the vendor's position is that exploitation occurs only on devices with a certain "misconfiguration."
Affected configurations
• ncr command center agent 16.3
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
References
- https://github.com/roughb8722/CVE-2021-3122-Details/blob/main/CVE-2021-3122 Third Party Advisory
- https://rdf2.alohaenterprise.com/client/CMCInst.zip Third Party Advisory
- https://www.tetradefense.com/incident-response-services/active-exploit-a-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability-for-ncr-aloha-point-of-sale/ Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/roughb8722/CVE-2021-3122-Details/blob/main/CVE-2021-3122 Third Party Advisory
- https://rdf2.alohaenterprise.com/client/CMCInst.zip Third Party Advisory
- https://www.tetradefense.com/incident-response-services/active-exploit-a-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability-for-ncr-aloha-point-of-sale/ Third Party Advisory