CVE-2021-43040 (GCVE-0-2021-43040)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-06 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 03:47
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Summary
An issue was discovered in Kaseya Unitrends Backup Appliance before 10.5.5. The privileged vaultServer could be leveraged to create arbitrary writable files, leading to privilege escalation.
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CWE
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