CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-43040
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-12-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• kaseya unitrends backup (>= 10.0 < 10.5.5)
References
- https://helpdesk.kaseya.com/hc/en-gb/articles/4412762258961 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cyberonesecurity.com/blog/exploiting-kaseya-unitrends-backup-appliance-part-1 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cyberonesecurity.com/blog/exploiting-kaseya-unitrends-backup-appliance-part-2 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://helpdesk.kaseya.com/hc/en-gb/articles/4412762258961 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cyberonesecurity.com/blog/exploiting-kaseya-unitrends-backup-appliance-part-1 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cyberonesecurity.com/blog/exploiting-kaseya-unitrends-backup-appliance-part-2 Exploit, Third Party Advisory