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CVE-2021-41066 (GCVE-0-2021-41066)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-14 15:31 – Updated: 2024-08-04 02:59
VLAI
Summary
An issue was discovered in Listary through 6. When Listary is configured as admin, Listary will not ask for permissions again if a user tries to access files on the system from Listary itself (it will bypass UAC protection; there is no privilege validation of the current user that runs via Listary).
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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