High severity · published Aug 5, 2021
CVE-2021-22517
A potential unauthorized privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in Micro Focus Data Protector
8.8
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A potential unauthorized privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in Micro Focus Data Protector. The vulnerability affects versions 10.10, 10.20, 10.30, 10.40, 10.50, 10.60, 10.70, 10.80, 10.0 and 10.91. A privileged user may potentially misuse this feature and thus allow unintended and unauthorized access of data.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 63% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DP
Data Protector · Microfocus
10.0; 10.10; 10.20; 10.30; 10.40; 10.50; +4 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22517
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-22517
portal.microfocus.com
https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000001460
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