CVE-2021-47845 (GCVE-0-2021-47845)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-01-16 19:09
Modified
2026-01-16 21:09
Severity ?
8.5 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
Summary
Spy Emergency 25.0.650 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in its Windows service configurations that allows local attackers to execute code with elevated privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted file paths in SpyEmergencyHealth.exe and SpyEmergencySrv.exe to inject malicious code during system startup or service restart.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Spy-Emergency Spy Emergency Version: 25.0.650
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