Is CVE-2021-26624 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-26624 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-26624?

CVE-2021-26624 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-26624?

CVE-2021-26624 has an EPSS score of 2.27% (81th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-26624?

Upgrade escan anti-virus to 7.0.31 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-26624

HIGHEPSS 81th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An local privilege escalation vulnerability due to a "runasroot" command in eScan Anti-Virus. This vulnerability is due to invalid arguments and insufficient execution conditions related to "runasroot" command. This vulnerability can induce remote attackers to exploit root privileges by manipulating parameter values.

CWE-20Improper Input Validation

How to fix

Remediation Available

escan anti-virusNVD

Affected:< 7.0.31Fixed in:7.0.31CVE-2021-26624derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days

81stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 81% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

krcert.or.kr

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2024-3400	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-45105	Medium	5.9	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44228	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-21985	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2018-7600	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2020-3452	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.