Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-45460

High

Published: 11 January 2022

Published
11 January 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0044 63.5th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-45460 is a high-severity Unquoted Search Path or Element (CWE-428) vulnerability in Siemens Sicam Pq Analyzer Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 36.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability has been identified in SICAM PQ Analyzer (All versions < V3.18). A service is started by an unquoted registry entry. As there are spaces in this path, attackers with write privilege to those directories might be able to…

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plant executables that will run in place of the legitimate process. Attackers might achieve persistence on the system ("backdoors") or cause a denial of service.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

siemens
sicam pq analyzer firmware
≤ 3.18

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References