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CVE-2021-27574

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-05-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-319

Description

An issue was discovered in Emote Remote Mouse through 4.0.0.0. It uses cleartext HTTP to check, and request, updates. Thus, attackers can machine-in-the-middle a victim to download a malicious binary in place of the real update, with no SSL errors or warnings.

Affected products

• Remotemouse Emote Remote Mouse: through 4.0.0.0

References

• https://axelp.io/MouseTrap
• https://remotemouse.net/blog/
• https://axelp.io/MouseTrap
• https://remotemouse.net/blog/

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