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Improper Privilege Management

CVE-2021-20713

Severity High
Score 7.8/10

Summary

Privilege escalation vulnerability in QND Advance/Premium/Standard Ver.11.0.4i and earlier allows an attacker who can log in to the PC where the product's Windows client is installed to gain administrative privileges via unspecified vectors. As a result, sensitive information may be altered/obtained or unintended operations may be performed.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

An effective privilege management infrastructure provides valid users with required access and privileges across heterogeneous technology environments. An application with a faulty privilege management infrastructure allows higher than authorized privileges or enables privilege escalation. This can lead to security incidents such as system infiltration, data breach, and complete system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published