CVE-2021-40385 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Kaseya Unitrends Backup Software versions prior to 10.5.5-2. It allows a read-only user to elevate their privileges to an administrator, posing a significant security risk. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 10.5.5-2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kaseya:unitrends_backup_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.