CVE•Published 2026-05-16•Modified 2026-05-18•0 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2021-47974
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)
Description
VX Search 13.5.28 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in both VX Search Server and VX Search Enterprise services that allows local attackers to escalate privileges. Attackers can place malicious executables in unquoted path directories like C:\Program Files\VX Search to execute arbitrary code with LocalSystem privileges when services restart.
Timeline
Published 2026-05-16
Modified 2026-05-18
External references
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Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2021-47974Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2021-47974Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
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CVE-2021-47974Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2021-47974GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
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Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2021-47974 on GitHub.
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