Privilege escalation in Kramerav Viaware

CVE-2021-35064

KramerAV VIAWare, all tested versions, allow privilege escalation through misconfiguration of sudo. Sudoers permits running of multiple dangerous commands, including unzip, systemctl and dpkg.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.708 (99.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • cve@mitre.org (Product, Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-35064?
CVE-2021-35064 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Kramerav Viaware, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-07-12.
How severe is CVE-2021-35064?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-35064 known to be exploited?
11 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.