Vulnerability · Published Oct 13, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2021-40843

High 7.3

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 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.3High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 60.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Proofpoint Insider Threat Management Server contains an unsafe deserialization vulnerability in the Web Console. An attacker with write access to the local database could cause arbitrary code to execute with SYSTEM privileges on the underlying server when a Web Console user triggers retrieval of that data. When chained with a SQL injection vulnerability, the vulnerability could be exploited remotely if Web Console users click a series of maliciously crafted URLs. All versions prior to 7.11.2 are affected.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://www.proofpoint.com/us/security/security-advisories x_refsource_MISC
https://www.proofpoint.com/us/security/security-advisories/pfpt-sa-2021-0009 x_refsource_MISC