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CVE-2021-35211

95
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-35211 is a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in SolarWinds Serv-U Managed File Transfer and Serv-U Secure FTP for Windows versions prior to 15.2.3 HF2. This vulnerability, stemming from a Remote Memory Escape, allows unauthenticated attackers to gain privileged access to the hosting machine. With a CVSS score of 10.0 and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, it poses a severe risk. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, including by ransomware groups, and has garnered significant community and media attention, despite a lack of public exploit code.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 15.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u:15.2.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u:15.2.3:hotfix1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.0CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
91.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Nov 3, 2021
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9116 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
microsoft.com / security/blog/2021/07/13/microsoft-discovers-threat-actor-targeting-solarwinds-serv-u-software-with-0-day-exploit
PatchVendor Advisory
solarwinds.com / trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2021-35211
PatchVendor Advisory