FKIE_CVE-2021-35252

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-12-16 16:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:57
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
Common encryption key appears to be used across all deployed instances of Serv-U FTP Server. Because of this an encrypted value that is exposed to an attacker can be simply recovered to plaintext.
References
psirt@solarwinds.comhttps://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-35252Third Party Advisory
psirt@solarwinds.comhttps://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/servu/content/release_notes/servu_15-3-2_release_notes.htmRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
psirt@solarwinds.comhttps://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2021-35252Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-35252Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/servu/content/release_notes/servu_15-3-2_release_notes.htmRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2021-35252Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
solarwinds serv-u *
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          "product": "Serv-U FTP Server",
          "vendor": "SolarWinds",
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            }
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      ],
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    },
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      "value": "Parece que se utiliza una clave de cifrado com\u00fan en todas las instancias implementadas del Serv-U FTP Server. Debido a esto, un valor cifrado que est\u00e1 expuesto a un atacante se puede recuperar simplemente en texto plano."
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:57:23.473",
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