CVE-2021-42001 is a critical vulnerability affecting PingID Desktop prior to version 1.7.3, stemming from a misconfiguration in its encryption libraries. This flaw allows an attacker with low privileges to remotely exploit the system, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, including bypassing multi-factor authentication via OTP. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pingidentity:pingid_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:mac_os_x:*:* | ||
< 1.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pingidentity:pingid_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.9 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.6 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.