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CVE-2021-38649

Exploited in the wild. In CISA KEV since 2021‑11‑03. A vendor fix is available.

CVSS 3.17.0HighEPSS percentile86th2.9% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVListedsince 2021-11-03, due 2021-11-17
No public exploit knownFixVendor fixNo build named by the sources

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, BDU

NVD CVE.org

What to do

The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.

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What it is

From the CVE record

Open Management Infrastructure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS86th
CISA KEV
CISA KEV

Listed as exploited in the wild since 2021-11-03.

US federal agencies must remediate by 2021-11-17.

Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

2.9% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 86th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

9 events over 1790 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. Patch availablepatch available, record updated, record updated
  2. Patch availablerecord updated
  3. Added to CISA KEV
  4. Publishedweakness classified

Affected products

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Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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

Scored 7.0 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector LocalRequires local access to the vulnerable system (e.g. local login, malicious file)
  • Attack Complexity HighRequires specific conditions like a race condition or non-default configuration
  • Privileges Required LowRequires basic user-level privileges
  • User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation

Scope

  • Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
  • Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
  • Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable

Weaknesses

Sources

References in the record

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