Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-42128

Critical

Published: 07 December 2021

Published
07 December 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 0.1689 95.1th percentile
Risk Priority 30 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-42128 is a critical-severity Exposed Dangerous Method or Function (CWE-749) vulnerability in Ivanti Avalanche. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 4.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An exposed dangerous function vulnerability exists in Ivanti Avalanche before 6.3.3 using inforail Service allows Privilege Escalation via Enterprise Server Service.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

ivanti
avalanche
≤ 6.3.3

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-749

Explicitly prohibiting dangerous or unnecessary functions and services prevents exposure of methods that could be directly exploited.

addresses: CWE-749

Minimal functionality removes or avoids exposure of dangerous methods and functions.

References