High 7.8Published May 10, 2026

CVE-2021-47945Argus Surveillance DVR 4.0 Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 3:50 AM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-428
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulnCheck
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Jul 27, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

argus Argus Surveillance DVR argus:surveillance_dvr (from the name)	Argus Surveillance DVR 4.0	CNA record

References

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50261	exploit
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/argus-surveillance-dvr-unquoted-service-path-privilege-escalation	third-party-advisory

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