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High · 7.8 CVE-2021-47945 EUVD-2021-34805GHSA-pqmp-p9qx-ffmj

Argus Surveillance DVR 4.0 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

Published May 10, 2026 · Updated Jul 28, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
argus Argus Surveillance DVR Argus Surveillance DVR 4.0 —

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