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    1 vulnerability by argus

    CVE-2021-47945 (GCVE-0-2021-47945)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-10 12:44 – Updated: 2026-05-11 11:13
    VLAI
    Title
    Argus Surveillance DVR 4.0 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation
    Summary
    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.
    Severity
    8.5 (High)
    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
    7.8 (High)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    SSVC
    Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    argus Argus Surveillance DVR Affected: Argus Surveillance DVR 4.0
    		Create a notification for this product.
    Date Public
    2021-09-03 00:00
    Credits
    Salman Asad (@deathflash1411) a.k.a LeoBreaker
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