CVE-2021-44679

Description

An issue (3 of 6) was discovered in Veritas Enterprise Vault through 14.1.2. On start-up, the Enterprise Vault application starts several services that listen on random .NET Remoting TCP ports for possible commands from client applications. These TCP services can be exploited due to deserialization behavior that is inherent to the .NET Remoting service. A malicious attacker can exploit both TCP remoting services and local IPC services on the Enterprise Vault Server. This vulnerability is mitigated by properly configuring the servers and firewall as described in the vendor's security alert for this vulnerability (VTS21-003, ZDI-CAN-14074).

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.50%
Vendor Advisory veritas.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS21-003 vendor advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1589/ vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2021-44679?
CVE-2021-44679 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2021-44679?
To fix CVE-2021-44679, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2021-44679 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2021-44679 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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