CVE-2021-47882 (GCVE-0-2021-47882)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-21 17:27 – Updated: 2026-01-22 16:51
VLAI?
Title
FreeLAN 2.2 - 'FreeLAN Service' Unquoted Service Path
Summary
FreeLAN 2.2 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in its Windows service configuration that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code. Attackers can exploit the unquoted binary path to inject malicious executables that will be launched with elevated LocalSystem privileges during service startup.
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
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
FreeLAN FreeLAN Affected: 2.2
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Credits
Mohammed Alshehri
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