CVE-2021-22517

HIGH

Micro Focus Data Protector - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A potential unauthorized privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in Micro Focus Data Protector. The vulnerability affects versions 10.10, 10.20, 10.30, 10.40, 10.50, 10.60, 10.70, 10.80, 10.0 and 10.91. A privileged user may potentially misuse this feature and thus allow unintended and unauthorized access of data.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000001460

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0050
EPSS Percentile 66.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (10)
microfocus/data_protector 10.0
microfocus/data_protector 10.10
microfocus/data_protector 10.20
microfocus/data_protector 10.30
microfocus/data_protector 10.40
microfocus/data_protector 10.50
microfocus/data_protector 10.60
microfocus/data_protector 10.70
microfocus/data_protector 10.80
microfocus/data_protector 10.91
Published Aug 05, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026