What is CVE-2021-27570?

CVE-2021-27570 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Remotemouse Emote Remote Mouse, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-05-07.

How severe is CVE-2021-27570?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-27570 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Remotemouse Emote Remote Mouse

CVE-2021-27570

An issue was discovered in Emote Remote Mouse through 3.015. Attackers can close any running process by sending the process name in a specially crafted packet. This information is sent in cleartext and is not protected by any authentication logic.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.014 (69.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Remotemouse Emote_remote_mouse
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Product, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-27570?: CVE-2021-27570 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Remotemouse Emote Remote Mouse, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-05-07.
How severe is CVE-2021-27570?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-27570 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.