{ "data_type": "CVE", "data_format": "MITRE", "data_version": "4.0", "CVE_data_meta": { "ID": "CVE-2021-40388", "ASSIGNER": "talos-cna@cisco.com", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "CWE-276: Incorrect Default Permissions" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1399", "url": "https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1399" } ] }, "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Advantech SQ Manager Server 1.0.6. A specially-crafted file can be replaced in the system to escalate privileges to NT SYSTEM authority. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability." } ] }, "impact": { "cvss": { "baseScore": 8.8, "baseSeverity": "High", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.0" } } }