01 Record
CVE-2021-27277
This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of SolarWinds Orion Virtual Infrastructure Monitor 2020.2. An attacker must first obtain the ability to
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: zdi
CNA base score7.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of SolarWinds Orion Virtual Infrastructure Monitor 2020.2. An attacker must first obtain the ability to
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.09% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 65.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-04-22 17:50Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 20:48Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-02-16
- Assigning CNA
- zdi
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted DataBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5bde2bd9a085a4362d1e73a76c89f1a478fc77f0d6e44e6156b6e46648bd66be
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.zerodayinitiative.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-373/
- documentation.solarwinds.comhttps://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/Success_Center/SAM/Content/Release_Notes/SAM_2020-2-5_release_notes.htm#Fixed