CVE-2021-44029
Published on: Not Yet Published
Last Modified on: 01/03/2022 08:54:00 PM UTC
Certain versions of Kace Desktop Authority from Quest contain the following vulnerability:
An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Desktop Authority before 11.2. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute remote code through a deserialization exploitation in the RadAsyncUpload function of ASP.NET AJAX. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability when the encryption keys are known (due to the presence of CVE-2017-11317, CVE-2017-11357, or other means). A default setting for the type whitelisting feature in more current versions of ASP.NET AJAX prevents exploitation.
- CVE-2021-44029 has been assigned by
[email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as CRITICAL severity.
CVSS3 Score: 9.8 - CRITICAL
Attack Vector ⓘ |
Attack Complexity |
Privileges Required |
User Interaction |
---|---|---|---|
NETWORK | LOW | NONE | NONE |
Scope | Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
UNCHANGED | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH |
CVSS2 Score: 7.5 - HIGH
Access Vector ⓘ |
Access Complexity |
Authentication |
---|---|---|
NETWORK | LOW | NONE |
Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
PARTIAL | PARTIAL | PARTIAL |
CVE References
Description | Tags ⓘ | Link |
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Quest response to Desktop Authority vulnerabilities (prior to 11.2) (336098) | support.quest.com text/html |
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There are currently no QIDs associated with this CVE
Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
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Application | Quest | Kace Desktop Authority | All | All | All | All |
- cpe:2.3:a:quest:kace_desktop_authority:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE
Social Mentions
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CVE-2021-44029 : An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Desktop Authority before 11.2. This vulnerability allows att… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… | 2021-12-22 06:04:03 |
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CVE-2021-44029 | 2021-12-22 07:38:37 |