CVE-2021-32087 | An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Systems Deployment App… | CVSS 8.8 HIGH

Description

An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SMA) 11.0.273. It installs with default user credentials. The kbftp account has a password of getbxf, which is publicly known and documented. This allows remote attackers to trivially gain privileged access to the FTP service interface, which contains MySQL backups. Sensitive information is stored in the database, such as privileged credentials for other systems.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2021-32087
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Reserved: 2021-05-06 00:00 UTC
Published: 2026-07-27 00:00 UTC
Last updated: 2026-07-28 18:47 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-798
CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Vendor / Product: n/a / n/a
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

8.8 HIGH CVSS 3.1

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

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
n/a	n/a	—	n/a

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
—	cna	n/a
CWE-798	adp	CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
8.8	HIGH	3.1	adp	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (2)