CVE-2021-42254
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.003 · 22 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.30% (22nd) EPSS
CVSS 7.2 · high
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
BeyondTrust Privilege Management prior to version 21.6 creates a Temporary File in a Directory with Insecure Permissions.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
7.8
010
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
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affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- beyondtrust privilege management for windows< 21.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:privilege_management_for_windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (7)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/MNDT-2021-0008/MNDT-2021-0008.mdcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42254cnnvd
- https://www.beyondtrust.com/blogcnnvd
- https://github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/MNDT-2021-0008/MNDT-2021-0008.mdenisa_euvd
- https://www.beyondtrust.com/blogenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/MNDT-2021-0008/MNDT-2021-0008.mdThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://www.beyondtrust.com/blogProductnvd
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