Medium severity · published Jun 23, 2021
CVE-2021-31585
Accellion Kiteworks before 7.3.1 allows a user with Admin privileges to escalate their privileges by generating SSH passwords that allow local access
6.7
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Accellion Kiteworks before 7.3.1 allows a user with Admin privileges to escalate their privileges by generating SSH passwords that allow local access.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 61% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KI
Kiteworks · Accellion
before 7.3.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31585
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-31585
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/accellion/CVEs
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/accellion/CVEs/blob/main/CVE-2021-31585.txt
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