01 Record

CVE-2021-29645

Hitachi JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 Agent 9 through 12 calls the SendMessageTimeoutW API with arbitrary arguments via a local pipe, leading to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. An attacker

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base score7.0 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:N

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02 Description

Hitachi JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 Agent 9 through 12 calls the SendMessageTimeoutW API with arbitrary arguments via a local pipe, leading to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. An attacker

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: 0.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 12.5% 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: 2021-10-12 18:30Z5 YR AGO
Last updated: 2024-08-03 22:11Z2 YR AGO
Reserved: 2021-03-30
Assigning CNA: mitre
Record state: PUBLISHED
Severity: High (CVSS 7.0)
CNA CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:N
Weaknesses: No CWE assigned
Data version: 5.1
Document digest: 1933920a0ec5e34271aa766663a39726f11e3edbaffdfb2e2673ad05d9777289