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1 vulnerability by Pysoft

CVE-2021-47790 (GCVE-0-2021-47790)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-15 23:25 – Updated: 2026-01-16 21:12
VLAI
Title
Active WebCam 11.5 - Unquoted Service Path
Summary
Active WebCam 11.5 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. Attackers can exploit the misconfigured service path by placing malicious executables in specific directory locations to gain administrative access.
Severity
8.5 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Pysoft Active WebCam Affected: 11.5
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Date Public
2021-09-09 00:00
Credits
Salman Asad (@deathflash1411) a.k.a LeoBreaker
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