CVE-2021-43038

An issue was discovered in Kaseya Unitrends Backup Appliance before 10.5.5. The wguest account could execute commands by injecting into PostgreSQL trigger functions. This allowed privilege escalation from the wguest user to the postgres user.

CVSS v3.1

8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

6.5 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

2.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 82th percentile

Published

2021-12-06

Updated

2024-08-04

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• https://www.cyberonesecurity.com/blog/exploiting-kaseya-unitrends-backup-appliance-part-1
• https://www.cyberonesecurity.com/blog/exploiting-kaseya-unitrends-backup-appliance-part-2

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2021-43037
• CVE-2021-43039
• CVE-2021-43036
• CVE-2021-43040
• CVE-2021-43035
• CVE-2021-43041