CVE-2021-47945CWE-428

Argus Surveillance DVR 4.0 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

High · published May 10, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.5 · HIGH
Vector
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
EPSS
0.00109 · 1.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-428 · Unquoted Search Path or Element
Published
2026-05-10T12:44Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 MAY 12:44Z
    Argus Surveillance DVR 4.0 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation
    cvelistv5