Vulnerability in Kaseya Unitrends Backup
CVE-2021-43037
An issue was discovered in Kaseya Unitrends Backup Appliance before 10.5.5. The Unitrends Windows agent was vulnerable to DLL injection and binary planting due to insecure default permissions. This allowed privilege escalation from an unprivileged user to SYSTEM.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (40.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 40.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- helpdesk.kaseya.com/hc/en-gb/articles/4412762258961 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.cyberonesecurity.com/blog/exploiting-kaseya-unitrends-backup-appliance-part… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- www.cyberonesecurity.com/blog/exploiting-kaseya-unitrends-backup-appliance-part… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-43037?
- CVE-2021-43037 is a high-severity vulnerability in Kaseya Unitrends Backup, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-12-06.
- How severe is CVE-2021-43037?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.