CVE-2021-47945

high

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.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/argus-surveillance-dvr-unquoted-service-path-privilege-escalation

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50261

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-10

Updated: 2026-05-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High