Detections
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CVE-2021-43040

high

Description

An issue was discovered in Kaseya Unitrends Backup Appliance before 10.5.5. The privileged vaultServer could be leveraged to create arbitrary writable files, leading to privilege escalation.

References

https://www.cyberonesecurity.com/blog/exploiting-kaseya-unitrends-backup-appliance-part-2

https://www.cyberonesecurity.com/blog/exploiting-kaseya-unitrends-backup-appliance-part-1

https://helpdesk.kaseya.com/hc/en-gb/articles/4412762258961

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-12-06

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00313