CVE-2021-33436
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.3)—
NoMachine for Windows prior to version 6.15.1 and 7.5.2 suffer from local privilege escalation due to the lack of safe DLL loading. This vulnerability allows local non-privileged users to perform DLL Hijacking via any writable directory listed under the system path and ultimately execute code as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.3
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.29%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 19
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
Referencias
- https://github.com/active-labs/Advisories/blob/master/2021/ACTIVE-2021-001.md
- https://knowledgebase.nomachine.com/SU05S00223
- https://knowledgebase.nomachine.com/SU05S00224
- https://knowledgebase.nomachine.com/TR05S10236
- https://github.com/active-labs/Advisories/blob/master/2021/ACTIVE-2021-001.md
- https://knowledgebase.nomachine.com/SU05S00223
- https://knowledgebase.nomachine.com/SU05S00224
- https://knowledgebase.nomachine.com/TR05S10236
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