CVE-2021-38124
Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Micro Focus ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager (ESM)...
Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Micro Focus ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) product, affecting versions 7.0.2 through 7.5. The vulnerability could be exploited resulting in remote code execution.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Micro Focus ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) product, affecting versions 7.0.2 through 7.5. The vulnerability could be exploited resulting in remote code execution.
- Record
CVE-2021-38124- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Micro Focus ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) product, affecting versions 7.0.2 through 7.5. The vulnerability could be exploited resulting in remote code execution.
- Record
CVE-2021-38124- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-24597 No score
Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Micro Focus ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) product, affecting versions 7.0.2 through 7.5. The vulnerability could be exploited resulting in remote code execution.
- Record
EUVD-2021-24597- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8h4p-539g-p5p9 No score
Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Micro Focus ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager (ESM)...
Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Micro Focus ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) product, affecting versions 7.0.2 through 7.5. The vulnerability could be exploited resulting in remote code execution.
- Record
GHSA-8h4p-539g-p5p9- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-38124 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Microfocus Arcsight Enterprise Security Manager, published September 28, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.08%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.