What is CVE-2021-35230?

CVE-2021-35230 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Kiwi Cattools, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2021-10-22.

How severe is CVE-2021-35230?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Solarwinds Kiwi Cattools

CVE-2021-35230

As a result of an unquoted service path vulnerability present in the Kiwi CatTools Installation Wizard, a local attacker could gain escalated privileges by inserting an executable into the path of the affected service or uninstall entry.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.003 (24.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Solarwinds Kiwi Cattools — versions unspecified
Solarwinds Kiwi_cattools

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

psirt@solarwinds.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-35230?: CVE-2021-35230 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Kiwi Cattools, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2021-10-22.
How severe is CVE-2021-35230?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.