CVE-2021-43042
Published: 06 December 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-43042 is a critical-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Kaseya Unitrends Backup. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 12.5% 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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-29996
Vulnerability details
An issue was discovered in Kaseya Unitrends Backup Appliance before 10.5.5. A buffer overflow existed in the vaultServer component. This was exploitable by a remote unauthenticated attacker.
- 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.
Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.