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CVE-2021-42563

7.8 highEPSS 0.2%

High (7.8) in ni ni service locator. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

There is an Unquoted Service Path in NI Service Locator (nisvcloc.exe) in versions prior to 18.0 on Windows. This may allow an authorized local user to insert arbitrary code into the unquoted service path and escalate privileges.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 14% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-428
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

References

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