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CVE-2021-2248

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-2248 is a critical vulnerability affecting Oracle Secure Global Desktop version 5.6. This easily exploitable flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to gain complete control over the Oracle Secure Global Desktop server via network access, potentially impacting other products. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it poses a severe risk due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed, its high FAUCET Risk Score and mention in Oracle's April 2021 CPU highlight its significance.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:secure_global_desktop:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

10.0CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0250 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 36,897 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)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuapr2021.html
PatchVendor Advisory