CVE-2021-43040
moderate-risk
Published 2021-12-06
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.
Do I need to act?
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0.74% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
8
CVSS 8.8/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
Affected Vendors
References (6)
Vendor Advisory
https://helpdesk.kaseya.com/hc/en-gb/articles/4412762258961
Vendor Advisory
https://helpdesk.kaseya.com/hc/en-gb/articles/4412762258961
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
30/34 · Critical
Exploitability
2/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal