CVE-2021-43040

An issue was discovered in Kaseya Unitrends Backup Appliance before 10.5.5. The privileged vaultServer could be leveraged to create arbitrary writable files, leading to privilege escalation.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.5 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://helpdesk.kaseya.com/hc/en-gb/articles/4412762258961	Vendor Advisory
https://www.cyberonesecurity.com/blog/exploiting-kaseya-unitrends-backup-appliance-part-1	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.cyberonesecurity.com/blog/exploiting-kaseya-unitrends-backup-appliance-part-2	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:kaseya:unitrends_backup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-12-06 04:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 18:48

NVD link : CVE-2021-43040

Mitre link : CVE-2021-43040

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-43040

JSON object : View

Products Affected

kaseya

unitrends_backup

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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