CVE-2021-44682 : Vulnerability Insights and Analysis
Discover the critical CVE-2021-44682 affecting Veritas Enterprise Vault through 14.1.2. Learn about the impact, technical details, and mitigation steps to secure your systems.
An issue (6 of 6) was discovered in Veritas Enterprise Vault through 14.1.2, leading to a critical vulnerability with a CVSS base score of 9.8.
Understanding CVE-2021-44682
What is CVE-2021-44682?
The vulnerability in Veritas Enterprise Vault allows malicious actors to exploit TCP remoting services on the server due to deserialization behavior in the .NET Remoting service.
The Impact of CVE-2021-44682
The vulnerability has a critical severity level with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system.
Technical Details of CVE-2021-44682
Vulnerability Description
- Veritas Enterprise Vault through 14.1.2 starts services listening on random .NET Remoting TCP ports for client commands.
- Exploitable due to deserialization behavior, allowing attackers to exploit TCP and local IPC services.
Affected Systems and Versions
- Product: Veritas Enterprise Vault
- Version: Through 14.1.2
Exploitation Mechanism
- Attack Complexity: Low
- Attack Vector: Network
- Privileges Required: None
- Scope: Unchanged
- User Interaction: None
Mitigation and Prevention
Immediate Steps to Take
- Configuring servers and firewall as per the vendor's security alert (VTS21-003, ZDI-CAN-14079).
Long-Term Security Practices
- Regularly monitor and update security configurations.
- Implement network segmentation to reduce the attack surface.
Patching and Updates
- Apply patches provided by Veritas to address the vulnerability.