CVE-2021-43040 (GCVE-0-2021-43040)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-12-06 00:00
Modified
2024-08-04 03:47
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://helpdesk.kaseya.com/hc/en-gb/articles/4412762258961Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.cyberonesecurity.com/blog/exploiting-kaseya-unitrends-backup-appliance-part-1Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.cyberonesecurity.com/blog/exploiting-kaseya-unitrends-backup-appliance-part-2Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://helpdesk.kaseya.com/hc/en-gb/articles/4412762258961Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.cyberonesecurity.com/blog/exploiting-kaseya-unitrends-backup-appliance-part-1Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.cyberonesecurity.com/blog/exploiting-kaseya-unitrends-backup-appliance-part-2Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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