CVE-2021-44153

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-12-13 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An issue was discovered in Reprise RLM 14.2. When editing the license file, it is possible for an admin user to enable an option to run arbitrary executables, as demonstrated by an ISV demo "C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe" entry. An attacker can exploit this to run a malicious binary on startup, or when triggering the Reread/Restart Servers function on the webserver. (Exploitation does not require CVE-2018-15573, because the license file is meant to be changed in the application.)

Affected products

Reprisesoftware Reprise License Manager: from 14.2 before 17.0 — fixed in 17.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Reprisesoftware Reprise License Manager 17.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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