Vulnerability · Published May 7, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-27574
High 8.1
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 65% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)8.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 34.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in Emote Remote Mouse through 4.0.0.0. It uses cleartext HTTP to check, and request, updates. Thus, attackers can machine-in-the-middle a victim to download a malicious binary in place of the real update, with no SSL errors or warnings.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://remotemouse.net/blog/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://axelp.io/MouseTrap x_refsource_MISC