CVE-2021-27277

HIGH

SolarWinds Orion Platform - Privilege Escalation via OneTimeJobSchedulerEventsService WCF Deserialization

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of SolarWinds Orion Virtual Infrastructure Monitor 2020.2. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the OneTimeJobSchedulerEventsService WCF service. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in deserialization of untrusted data. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-11955.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-373/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0221
EPSS Percentile 84.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-502
Status published
Products (1)
solarwinds/orion_platform 2020.2
Published Apr 22, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026