Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-22517

High

Published: 05 August 2021

Published
05 August 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0050 66.6th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-22517 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microfocus Data Protector. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 33.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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…

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unintended and unauthorized access of data.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

microfocus
data protector
10.0, 10.10, 10.20, 10.30, 10.40

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References