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CVE-2021-40376

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-03-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

otris Update Manager 1.2.1.0 allows local users to achieve SYSTEM access via unauthenticated calls to exposed interfaces over a .NET named pipe. A remote attack may be possible as well, by leveraging WsHTTPBinding for HTTP traffic on TCP port 9000.

Affected products

• Otris Update Manager: 1.2.1.0

References

• https://www.otris.com
• https://www.tuv.com/content-media-files/master-content/global-landingpages/images/vulnerability-disclosure/tuv-rheinland-security-advisory-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-otris-update-manager.pdf
• https://www.tuv.com/landingpage/en/vulnerability-disclosure/
• https://www.otris.com
• https://www.tuv.com/content-media-files/master-content/global-landingpages/images/vulnerability-disclosure/tuv-rheinland-security-advisory-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-otris-update-manager.pdf
• https://www.tuv.com/landingpage/en/vulnerability-disclosure/

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