CVE-2021-44680 is a critical deserialization vulnerability (CWE-502) affecting Veritas Enterprise Vault through version 14.1.2. Attackers can exploit inherent deserialization behavior in the .NET Remoting TCP and local IPC services to execute arbitrary commands. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there are no known public exploits or active exploitation, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating potential future interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 14.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:enterprise_vault:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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