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.
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Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:45:00 +0000

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Title Hard‑coded FTP Credential Enables Remote Privilege Escalation in Quest KACE SMA

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:30:00 +0000

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Title Default Credentials for FTP Service Expose Sensitive Data
Weaknesses CWE-287

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Title Default Credentials for FTP Service Expose Sensitive Data
Weaknesses CWE-287
CWE-798

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Title Remote FTP Password Disclosure Exposing Privileged Credentials in Quest KACE SMA
Weaknesses CWE-798

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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Title Remote FTP Password Disclosure Exposing Privileged Credentials in Quest KACE SMA
Weaknesses CWE-798

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Quest
Quest kace Systems Deployment Appliance
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Quest kace Systems Deployment Appliance

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-28T18:47:08.899Z

Reserved: 2021-05-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-32087

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-07-27T22:16:57.723

Modified: 2026-08-03T14:31:17.597

Link: CVE-2021-32087

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T10:30:04Z

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