CVE-2021-3553
Published: 24 November 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-3553 is a medium-severity SSRF (CWE-918) vulnerability in Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 45.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-26864
Vulnerability details
A Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the EPPUpdateService of Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools allows an attacker to use the Endpoint Protection relay as a proxy for any remote host. This issue affects: Bitdefender Endpoint Security Tools versions prior to…
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6.6.27.390; versions prior to 7.1.2.33. Bitdefender Unified Endpoint for Linux versions prior to 6.2.21.160. Bitdefender GravityZone versions prior to 6.24.1-1.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Penetration testing attempts server-side requests to internal resources, identifying SSRF weaknesses for remediation.
Outbound connections to external resources can be monitored and limited at the boundary, reducing SSRF impact.
Validates server-side URLs and resource references to block SSRF attempts.
Detects server-side request forgery through monitoring of unexpected outbound connections.