CVE•Published 2026-06-02•Modified 2026-06-04•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2021-4481
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.2
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
3
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 97% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Dräger Protector Software prior to version 6.4.2 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insecure file system permissions that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Attackers can replace binaries or loaded modules on the host system to execute code with NT SYSTEM privileges.
Timeline
Published 2026-06-02
Modified 2026-06-04
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2021-4481Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2021-4481Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2021-4481Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2021-4481GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2021-4481" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.