CVE-2021-42563 (GCVE-0-2021-42563)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-12 20:48 – Updated: 2024-08-04 03:38
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Summary
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.
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