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1 vulnerability by ilwebmaster21

CVE-2022-50921 (GCVE-0-2022-50921)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-13 22:51 – Updated: 2026-02-02 15:58
VLAI
Title
WOW21 5.0.1.9 - 'Service WOW21_Service' Unquoted Service Path
Summary
WOW21 5.0.1.9 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted binary path to inject malicious executables that will be launched with LocalSystem permissions during service startup.
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
ilwebmaster21 WOW21 Affected: 5.0.1.9
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Date Public
2022-03-09 00:00
Credits
Antonio Cuomo (arkantolo)
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