CVE-2021-44954 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting QVIS NVR and DVR devices prior to the 2021-12-13 firmware update. An attacker with qvisdvr user access can exploit a Sudo misconfiguration to gain root privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2021-12-13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qvis:dvr_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2021-12-13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qvis:nvr_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.