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HistoryNov 12, 2021 - 9:15 p.m.

CVE-2021-42563

2021-11-1221:15:07
CWE-428
mitre
web.nvd.nist.gov
24
cve-2021-42563
unquoted service path
ni service locator
windows
privilege escalation

CVSS2

4.6

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

8.3

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%

There is an Unquoted Service Path in NI Service Locator (nisvcloc.exe) in versions prior to 18.0 on Windows. This may allow an authorized local user to insert arbitrary code into the unquoted service path and escalate privileges.

Affected configurations

Nvd
Node
nini_service_locatorRange<18.0.0.49152
AND
microsoftwindowsMatch-
VendorProductVersionCPE
nini_service_locator*cpe:2.3:a:ni:ni_service_locator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoftwindows-cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS2

4.6

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

8.3

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%

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