7.8High

CVE-2021-43940

Atlassian Confluence Server; Atlassian Confluence Data Center; atlassian confluence_data_center; atlassian confluence_server Published: 2022-02-15 06:15 (4 years ago)

Description

Affected versions of Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center allow authenticated local attackers to achieve elevated privileges on the local system via a DLL Hijacking vulnerability in the Confluence installer. This vulnerability only affects installations of Confluence Server and Data Center on Windows. The affected versions are before version 7.4.10, and from version 7.5.0 before 7.12.3.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-427

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

Vendor	Product	Versions
Atlassian	Confluence Data Center	unspecified – < 7.4.10, 7.5.0 – < unspecified, unspecified – < 7.12.3
Atlassian	Confluence Server	unspecified – < 7.4.10, 7.5.0 – < unspecified, unspecified – < 7.12.3

References and patches

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-66550

CVSS score

7.8High

Source: CISA-ADP · CVSS 3.1

Attack vector: Local
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS (chance of exploitation in 30 days)

0.33%

higher than 26% of all CVEs

CISA assessment (SSVC)

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total

Timeline

ID reserved2021-11-16
Published2022-02-15 06:15
Reached IP-DB2026-10-25 00:04
Last updated2024-10-08 19:38

Assigned by (CNA): atlassian

View at source: CVE.org · NVD

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