FKIE_CVE-2021-20334

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-04-06 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:33
Severity
4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A malicious 3rd party with local access to the Windows machine where MongoDB Compass is installed can execute arbitrary software with the privileges of the user who is running MongoDB Compass. This issue affects: MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Compass 1.x version 1.3.0 on Windows and later versions; 1.x versions prior to 1.25.0 on Windows.
References
cna@mongodb.comhttps://jira.mongodb.org/browse/COMPASS-4510Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/COMPASS-4510Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mongodb compass *
microsoft windows -
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