CVE-2021-42563

Impact

There is an Unquoted Service Path in NI Service Locator (nisvcloc.exe) in versions prior to 18.0 on Windows. This may allow an authorized local user to insert arbitrary code into the unquoted service path and escalate privileges.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• https://www.ni.com/en-us/support/documentation/supplemental/21/unquoted-service-path-in-ni-service-locator.html
• https://www.ni.com/en-us/support/documentation/supplemental/21/unquoted-service-path-in-ni-service-locator.html