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Description

WOW21 5.0.1.9 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted binary path to inject malicious executables that will be launched with LocalSystem permissions during service startup.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-01-11 | Published 2026-01-13 | Updated 2026-02-02 | Assigner VulnCheck




HIGH: 8.5CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
HIGH: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

Unquoted Search Path or Element

Product status

5.0.1.9
affected

Credits

Antonio Cuomo (arkantolo) finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50818 exploit

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50818 (ExploitDB-50818) exploit

web.archive.org/web/20220220170535/https://wow21.life/ (Archived Product Homepage) product

www.vulncheck.com/...ervice-wowservice-unquoted-service-path (VulnCheck Advisory: WOW21 5.0.1.9 - 'Service WOW21_Service' Unquoted Service Path) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2022-50921)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2022-50921)

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