CVSS 3.1
7.3 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2021-37617
High (7.3) in nextcloud desktop. EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
The Nextcloud Desktop Client is a tool to synchronize files from Nextcloud Server with a computer. The Nextcloud Desktop Client invokes its uninstaller script when being installed to make sure there are no remnants of previous installations. In versions 3.0.3 through 3.2.4, the Client searches the `Uninstall.exe` file in a folder that can be written by regular users. This could lead to a case where a malicious user creates a malicious `Uninstall.exe`, which would be executed with administrative privileges on the Nextcloud Desktop Client installation. This issue is fixed in Nextcloud Desktop Client version 3.3.0. As a workaround, do not allow untrusted users to create content in the `C:\` system folder and verify that there is no malicious `C:\Uninstall.exe` file on the system.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 39% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-427, CWE-426
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- nextcloud:desktop
References
- https://github.com/nextcloud/desktop/pull/3497
- https://github.com/nextcloud/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-6q2w-v879-q24v
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1240749
- https://github.com/nextcloud/desktop/pull/3497
- https://github.com/nextcloud/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-6q2w-v879-q24v