High severity · published Nov 11, 2021
CVE-2021-43397
LiquidFiles before 3.6.3 allows remote attackers to elevate their privileges from Admin (or User Admin) to Sysadmin
8.8
CVSS
3.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
LiquidFiles before 3.6.3 allows remote attackers to elevate their privileges from Admin (or User Admin) to Sysadmin.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.8% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Liquidfiles · Liquidfiles
before 3.6.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43397
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-43397
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164997/LiquidFiles-3.5.13-Privilege-Escalation.html
Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Nov/40
Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Nov/52
Vendor Advisory
https://forum.liquidfiles.com/forums/news.6/
Release Notes
https://man.liquidfiles.com/release_notes/version_3-6-x.html
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