What is CVE-2021-37444?

CVE-2021-37444 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nchsoftware Ivm Attendant, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-07-25.

How severe is CVE-2021-37444?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Nchsoftware Ivm Attendant

CVE-2021-37444

NCH IVM Attendant v5.12 and earlier suffers from a directory traversal weakness upon uploading plugins in a ZIP archive. This can lead to code execution if a ZIP element's pathname is set to a Windows startup folder, a file for the inbuilt Out-Going Message function, or a file for the the inbuilt Autodial function.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.019 (78.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Nchsoftware Ivm_attendant
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cve@mitre.org (Product, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-37444?: CVE-2021-37444 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nchsoftware Ivm Attendant, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-07-25.
How severe is CVE-2021-37444?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.