CVE-2021-47806 is an unquoted service path vulnerability in Dup Scout 13.5.28, specifically within its Windows service configuration. This flaw allows a local attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code by injecting malicious executables into the unquoted path of 'C:\Program Files\Dup Scout Server\bin\dupscts.exe', leading to privilege escalation. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable with low attack complexity and no user interaction, resulting in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
13.5.28CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:flexense:dup_scout:13.5.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.