Sanos
CVE-2021-32533
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization OS command sanitization, avoid shell exec
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 1 tactic: Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
The QSAN SANOS setting page does not filter special parameters. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Avoid passing user input to shell commands. Use language-specific APIs instead of shell execution. Apply strict input validation with allowlists.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as OS Command Injection (CWE-78), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host. The QSAN SANOS setting page does not filter special parameters. Remote attackers can use this vulnerability to inject and execute arbitrary commands without permissions. The referred vulnerability has been solved with the updated version of QSAN SANOS v2.1.0. Affected products include: Qsan Sanos.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS VectorVendor: cert
DescriptionCVE.org
The QSAN SANOS setting page does not filter special parameters. Remote attackers can use this vulnerability to inject and execute arbitrary commands without permissions. The referred vulnerability has been solved with the updated version of QSAN SANOS v2.1.0.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
OS command injection occurs when an application passes unsanitized user input directly into system shell commands.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
The vulnerability of hard-coded default credentials in QSAN SANOS allows unauthenticated remote attackers to obtain admi
QSAN SANOS factory reset function does not filter special parameters. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerabi
Command injection vulnerability in QSAN XEVO, SANOS allows remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary command
Improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability in QSAN Storage Manager, XEVO, SANOS allows remo
Use of MAC address as an authenticated password in QSAN Storage Manager, XEVO, SANOS allows local attackers to escalate
Use of password hash with insufficient computational effort vulnerability in QSAN Storage Manager, XEVO, SANOS allows re
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