CVE-2021-22517 is a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability in Micro Focus Data Protector versions 10.0 through 10.91, allowing a privileged user to gain unauthorized access to data. With a CVSS score of 8.8, it presents a high risk due to its low attack complexity and significant potential impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting it is not widely targeted.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:data_protector:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:data_protector:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:data_protector:10.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:data_protector:10.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:data_protector:10.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.