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Vulnerability record · CVE-2021-29645 · published 12 October 2021

CVE-2021-29645: Hitachi it operations director vulnerability

Hitachi · It Operations Director

Hitachi JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 Agent 9 through 12 calls the SendMessageTimeoutW API with arbitrary arguments via a local pipe, leading to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. An attacker who exploits this issue could execute arbitrary code on the local system.

7.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.22% · top 88.6%
7.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 4.6
0.22%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
14Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Hitachi JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 Agent 9 through 12 calls the SendMessageTimeoutW API with arbitrary arguments via a local pipe, leading to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. An attacker who exploits this issue could execute arbitrary code on the local system.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

14 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://www.hitachi.com/hirt/security/index.html Vendor Advisory
https://www.hitachi.com/hirt/security/index.html Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2021-29645), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.