CVE detail

CVE-2021-1492 — CVE-2021-1492

Published 2021-03-25 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor duo · Product authentication_proxy · Source nvd

MEDIUM

severity

CVSS-derived band

6.6

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0027

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

19.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

The Duo Authentication Proxy installer prior to 5.2.1 did not properly validate file installation paths. This allows an attacker with local user privileges to coerce the installer to write to arbitrary privileged directories. If successful, an attacker can manipulate files used by Duo Authentication Proxy installer, cause Denial of Service (DoS) by deleting file(s), or replace system files to potentially achieve elevation of privileges. This is only exploitable during new installations, while the installer is running, and is not exploitable once installation has finished. Versions 5.2.1 of Duo Authentication Proxy installer addresses this issue.

Remediation

No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.

References

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