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CVE-2021-21957 (GCVE-0-2021-21957)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-08 21:29 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:30
VLAI
Summary
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Remote Server functionality of Dream Report ODS Remote Connector 20.2.16900.0. A specially-crafted command injection can lead to elevated capabilities. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.
CWE
  • CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Dream Report Affected: Dream Report ODS Remote Connector 20.2.16900.0
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