CVE-2021-42711 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Barracuda Network Access Client versions prior to 5.2.2. It allows an unprivileged local attacker to achieve SYSTEM privileges by exploiting insecure permissions on a temporary file created during a repair operation. While the CVSS score is 7.8, indicating significant impact (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:barracuda:network_access_client:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
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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.