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CVE-2021-47945

Published: May 10, 2026

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

Description

Argus Surveillance DVR 4.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the DVRWatchdog service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service binary path. Attackers can place a malicious executable in the Program Files directory to be executed with LocalSystem privileges when the service starts.

VendorProductVersions

argus

Argus Surveillance DVR

affected
Argus Surveillance DVR 4.0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-428

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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