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CVE-2021-38304

Improper input validation in the National Instruments NI-PAL driver in versions 20.0.0 and prior may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Published

2021-09-17T16:15:07.610

Last Modified

2024-11-21T06:16:45.763

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	ni	ni-pal	≤ 20.0.0	Yes

References

https://www.ni.com/en-us/support/documentation/supplemental/21/improper-input-validation-in-ni-pal.html Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.ni.com/en-us/support/documentation/supplemental/21/improper-input-validation-in-ni-pal.html Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)