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CVE-2021-44255 (GCVE-0-2021-44255)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-31 11:18 – Updated: 2024-08-04 04:17
VLAI
Summary
Authenticated remote code execution in MotionEye <= 0.42.1 and MotioneEyeOS <= 20200606 allows a remote attacker to upload a configuration backup file containing a malicious python pickle file which will execute arbitrary code on the server.
CWE
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