Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-36061

Medium

Published: 01 September 2021

Published
01 September 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0097 77.0th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-36061 is a medium-severity Violation of Secure Design Principles (CWE-657) vulnerability in Adobe Connect. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 23.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Adobe Connect version 11.2.2 (and earlier) is affected by a secure design principles violation vulnerability via the 'pbMode' parameter. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to edit or delete recordings on the Connect environment. Exploitation of this issue requires…

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user interaction in that a victim must publish a link of a Connect recording.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

adobe
connect
≤ 11.2.2

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-657

Establishing and updating awareness policy promotes adherence to secure design principles through ongoing training, preventing related violations.

addresses: CWE-657

Mandating the policy be consistent with laws, standards, and guidelines enforces secure design principles in security governance and oversight.

addresses: CWE-657

Deficiencies violating secure design principles are tracked and corrected through planned actions, limiting attacker opportunities from design flaws.

addresses: CWE-657

Documenting, disseminating, and periodically reviewing maintenance policies and procedures enforces core secure design principles for system maintenance activities.

addresses: CWE-657

Documented policy with defined scope, roles, responsibilities, and periodic review directly enforces secure design principles and management commitment.

addresses: CWE-657

Baseline selection enforces adherence to established secure-design principles rather than ad-hoc or insufficient control choices.

addresses: CWE-657

Requires risk determinations for architecture/design decisions, tailoring rationale, and alignment with enterprise architecture to avoid violations of secure design principles.

addresses: CWE-657

Regular SSP updates force review of whether the system's evolving design continues to follow documented secure design principles after changes.

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