Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-33576

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 18 June 2021

Published
18 June 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0063 70.8th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-33576 is a critical-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Cleo Lexicom. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 29.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue was discovered in Cleo LexiCom 5.5.0.0. Within the AS2 message, the sender can specify a filename. This filename can include path-traversal characters, allowing the file to be written to an arbitrary location on disk.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

cleo
lexicom
5.5.0.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References