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.

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 unpr…

EPSS: 0.005 (39.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Kaseya Unitrends_backup
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

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