CVE-2021-44207

Acclaim Systems USAHERDS: Use of Hard-Coded Credentials

As of , CVE-2021-44207 in Acclaim Systems USAHERDS is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 23 December 2024
US federal deadline
13 January 202521 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Not known to CISA
EPSS score
0.18Higher than 97% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
0.00 on 23 December 2024EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
Public exploit
None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
Fix
Vendor advice: www.acclaimsystems.com and www.tnatc.orgLinks below, from CISA's entry.

What CISA says to do

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Please contact the product developer for support and vulnerability mitigation.

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

Acclaim Systems USAHERDS contains a hard-coded credentials vulnerability that could allow an attacker to achieve remote code execution on the system that runs the application. The MachineKey must be obtained via a separate vulnerability or other channel.

CISA's description

Acclaim USAHERDS through 7.4.0.1 uses hard-coded credentials.

The CVE record's description, from mitre

CVE published
21 December 2021
Assigned by
mitre
CVSS
8.1 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
CWE-798
Use of Hard-coded Credentials
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
no
CISA SSVC, technical impact
total

Timeline

  1. The CVE record was published.
  2. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  3. The US federal deadline to fix it.

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