CVE-2021-44954 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In QVIS NVR DVR before 2021-12-13, an attacker can escalate privileges from a qvisdvr user to the root user by abusing a Sudo misconfiguration.

Published: 2022-07-17

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:qvis:dvr_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:qvis:dvr:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:qvis:nvr_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:qvis:nvr:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-31752	In QVIS NVR DVR before 2021-12-13, an attacker can escalate privileges from a qvisdvr user to the root user by abusing a Sudo misconfiguration.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00318.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://gist.github.com/Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee/a670418d51051d4e6513d86e84e8d5b8
https://twitter.com/Me9187/status/1414906288287404039

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Qvis Dvr Dvr Firmware Nvr Nvr Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-07-17T23:27:18.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T04:32:13.444Z

Reserved: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-44954

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-07-18T00:15:08.497

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:12:59.653

Link: CVE-2021-44954

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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