NVD HIGH: CVE-2021-47945 — Argus Surveillance DVR 4.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in th...

Sunday, May 10, 2026 at 01:16 PM UTC·Source: NIST NVD

Updated: Friday, May 15, 2026 at 06:00 AM UTC

Executive Summary

Argus Surveillance DVR 4.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the DVRWatchdog service that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by exploiting the service binary path. Attackers can place a malicious executable in the Program Files directory to be executed with LocalSystem privileges when the service starts.

Analysis

Indicators of Compromise (1)

CVE (1)

CVE-2021-47945

NVD MITRE CVE

Source Attribution

Originally published by NIST NVD on May 10, 2026. Verified by: NIST.

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