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CVE-2021-43934 (GCVE-0-2021-43934)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-28 14:54 – Updated: 2025-04-16 16:27
VLAI
Title
Elcomplus SmartPtt Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Summary
Elcomplus SmartPTT is vulnerable as the backup and restore system does not adequately validate upload requests, enabling a malicious user to potentially upload arbitrary files.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-16 15:56 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Elcomplus SmartPTT Affected: 1.1
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Credits
Michael Heinzl reported these vulnerabilities to CISA
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