CVE-2021-38539

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

0.82% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 54.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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.

Published

2021-08-10 23:58Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 01:44Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-08-10

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.3)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:A/A:N/C:L/I:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:N

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e5e002149d2823512bf2c0d301dde53036e537ecde637990390bbe23afe30a10

• kb.netgear.comhttps://kb.netgear.com/000063760/Security-Advisory-for-Vertical-Privilege-Escalation-on-Some-Routers-and-Gateways-PSV-2018-0385x_refsource_MISC