CVE-2021-32087

An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SMA) 11.0.273. It installs with default user credentials. The kbftp account has a password of getbxf, which is publicly known and documented. This allows remote attackers to trivially gain privileged access to the FTP service interface, which contains MySQL backups. Sensitive information is stored in the database, such as privileged credentials for other systems.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://support.quest.com/download-product-select	Product
https://support.quest.com/kace-systems-management-appliance/kb/4293505/quest-response-to-criticalstart-vulnerability-report	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:quest:kace_systems_management_appliance:11.0.273:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-07-27 22:16

Updated : 2026-08-03 14:31

NVD link : CVE-2021-32087

Mitre link : CVE-2021-32087

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-32087

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Products Affected

quest

kace_systems_management_appliance

CWE

CWE-798

Use of Hard-coded Credentials

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