Is CVE-2021-44049 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-44049 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-44049?

CVE-2021-44049 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-44049?

CVE-2021-44049 has an EPSS score of 0.40% (32th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-44049?

Upgrade endpoint privilege manager to 11.5.4.355 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-44049

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager (EPM) through 11.5.3.328 before 2021-12-20 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges via a Trojan horse Procmon64.exe in the user's Temp directory.

CWE-668

How to fix

Remediation Available

endpoint privilege managerNVD

Affected:>= 11.5.3.328, < 11.5.4.355Fixed in:11.5.4.355CVE-2021-44049derived from NVD

Affected:>= 11.5.3.328, < 11.5.4.500Fixed in:11.5.4.500CVE-2021-44049derived 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

0.40%probability of exploitation in 30 days

32ndpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 32% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

hencohen10.medium.com

Vendor Advisory3

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2022-39952	Critical	9.8	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-16597	Critical	9.8	57%	-	-
CVE-2017-16603	High	8.8	54%	-	-
CVE-2024-25153	Critical	9.8	42%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-0215	Medium	5.3	36%	-	-
CVE-2022-25236	Critical	9.8	34%	-	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.