CVE•Published 2026-05-10•Modified 2026-05-13•0 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2021-47945

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

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

EPSS percentile

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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-428Unquoted Search Path or Element

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.

Timeline

Published 2026-05-10

Modified 2026-05-13

External references

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Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2021-47945

Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.

Censys

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