CVE-2021-35231 (GCVE-0-2021-35231)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-10-25 13:00
Modified
2024-09-16 18:38
Severity ?
6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
Summary
As a result of an unquoted service path vulnerability present in the Kiwi Syslog Server Installation Wizard, a local attacker could gain escalated privileges by inserting an executable into the path of the affected service or uninstall entry. Example vulnerable path: "Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Kiwi Syslog Server\Parameters\Application".
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server Version: 9.7.2 and previous versions   < 9.8
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