VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-27197

CVSS score8.1 HIGH
EPSS probability0.79%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-02-12
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Description

DSUtility.dll in Pelco Digital Sentry Server before 7.19.67 has an arbitrary file write vulnerability. The AppendToTextFile method doesn't check if it's being called from the application or from a malicious user. The vulnerability is triggered when a remote attacker crafts an HTML page (e.g., with "OBJECT classid=" and "<SCRIPT language='vbscript'>") to overwrite arbitrary files.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-346

Primary references