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Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

CVE-2021-22803

High
7.5/10

Summary

A CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability exists that could lead to remote code execution through a number of paths, when an attacker, writes arbitrary files to folders in context of the DC module, by sending constructed messages on the network. Affected Product: Interactive Graphical SCADA System Data Collector (dc.exe) (V15.0.0.21243 and prior)

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  • NETWORK
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CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with dangerous type

'Unrestricted file upload with dangerous type' attacks involve an attacker uploading or transferring files of dangerous types to the server. The severity of such an attack depends upon the execution mechanism and the storage location of the uploaded file. Thus, it may range from simple defacement to arbitrary file execution, and complete system takeover.

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