CVE-2021-44954 (GCVE-0-2021-44954)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-07-17 23:27 – Updated: 2024-08-04 04:32
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
In QVIS NVR DVR before 2021-12-13, an attacker can escalate privileges from a qvisdvr user to the root user by abusing a Sudo misconfiguration.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
2 references
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|---|---|
| https://twitter.com/Me9187/status/1414906288287404039 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://gist.github.com/Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee… | x_refsource_MISC |
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