CVE-2021-44230 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in PortSwigger Burp Suite Enterprise Edition before 2021.11 on Windows, stemming from weak file permissions for its embedded H2 database. An attacker with a compromised Windows account on the server could gain read access to sensitive configuration, database, and log files. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and high confidentiality impact, but no integrity or availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2021.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:portswigger:burp_suite:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.