CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-35231
6.7 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-10-25
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-428
Description
As a result of an unquoted service path vulnerability present in the Kiwi Syslog Server Installation Wizard, a local attacker could gain escalated privileges by inserting an executable into the path of the affected service or uninstall entry. Example vulnerable path: "Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Kiwi Syslog Server\Parameters\Application".
Affected configurations
• solarwinds kiwi syslog server (< 9.8)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element weakness
References
- https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/kss/content/release_notes/kss_9-8_release_notes.htm Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2021-35231 Vendor Advisory
- https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/kss/content/release_notes/kss_9-8_release_notes.htm Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2021-35231 Vendor Advisory