Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Enterprise Vault - CVE-2021-44682
Published: January 10, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU59340
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-44682
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Veritas Technologies
Affected software:
Enterprise Vault
Enterprise Vault
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data within EVStorageQueueBroker.exe. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-44682
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.