CVE-2021-44230
MEDIUMBurp Suite Enterprise Edition < 2021.11 - Privilege Escalation via Weak H2 Database File Permissions
Title source: llmDescription
PortSwigger Burp Suite Enterprise Edition before 2021.11 on Windows has weak file permissions for the embedded H2 database, which might lead to privilege escalation. This issue can be exploited by an adversary who has already compromised a valid Windows account on the server via separate means. In this scenario, the compromised account may have inherited read access to sensitive configuration, database, and log files.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://portswigger.net/burp/releases/enterprise-edition-2021-11?requestededition=enterprise
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0097
EPSS Percentile
57.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-732
Status
published
Products (1)
portswigger/burp_suite
< 2021.11
Published
Nov 30, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026